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> Restaurants, and entertainment venues will be dead until May 2021, unless we find a vaccine that treats this. Just because people over 70 won't be going to t
by Thorentis 7y ago
> Restaurants, and entertainment venues will be dead until May 2021, unless we find a vaccine that treats this.
Just because people over 70 won't be going to them, doesn't mean the rest of us won't be. Besides, once I've had cornavirus - which could well be inevitable - I'll no longer be scared for it and will head back out. So will everybody else.
To be honest, the best way to avoid a severe economic impact is to accept you'll most likely get it, and rather than killing businesses by staying inside, just got on with your life, stay fit and healthy, and hope for the best. You're more likely to be killed driving your car, so carry on living!
- wolfd 7y agoOld people in nursing homes don't get out much, and yet they're the ones that are dying. The fact is that the virus spreads because people don't always die from it, and so they go around spreading it to people who will. Most people probably won't know that they have it until they've spread it to 3 more people. Your strategy will probably keep you alive, but the same is not guaranteed for many millions of people that are old or with immune system complications.
- arcticbull 7y agoWell with an R0 of ~2 your speculation of at least 3 is definitely wrong.
- jkhaui 7y agoSo in other words: "who cares, the virus only kills old people who were probably useless to the economy anyway, so business as usual." I sure hope you don't have any elderly family members. Plenty of people in their 40s have died too
- Thorentis 7y agoNot what I said. Those most vulnerable should stay at home. No reason for the rest of us too of we are very low risk.