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Are you otherwise healthy? If so and if you find almost every food delivery slot taken then I would say yes, you should be doing your grocery shopping in person
by spuz 7y ago
Are you otherwise healthy? If so and if you find almost every food delivery slot taken then I would say yes, you should be doing your grocery shopping in person. It's not a huge burden to change your behaviours for other people's benefit especially if others also do the same.
- mantap 7y agoAnd if the slot gets taken by a 20 year old what has been achieved? It's really down to governments to set up food delivery to affected groups. Altruism can't solve this problem.
- spuz 7y agoI'm assuming that if I leave a slot available, there is a higher chance that someone who is sick or vulnerable will get the slot they need. Maybe you're suggesting that all the slots will be taken by 20 programmers who write bots. Even in that case, I can't see how my behaviour doesn't help the chances of that vulnerable person.
- sneak 7y ago> It's not a huge burden to change your behaviours for other people's benefit especially if others also do the same. Potentially exposing oneself to a lethal virus is indeed a huge burden, and I do not agree that anyone is obligated to put themselves at risk.
- spuz 7y agoNo one is obligated to put themselves at risk but you can think of it as a choice that you can make to benefit others. All the doctors and nurses who have come out of retirement to work in hospitals at a time where their personal risk is high are doing it not because they feel obligated but because they recognise it is something they can do now so that fewer people suffer in the future. Choosing to go to the grocery store even when there are lower risk alternatives should be the same.