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1 death is a tragedy, thousands of deaths is statistics. That "3 hours" mean that you're likely to loose one of the relatives or friends who are in high risk g
by mantas 6y ago
1 death is a tragedy, thousands of deaths is statistics.
That "3 hours" mean that you're likely to loose one of the relatives or friends who are in high risk group. Suddenly a month of lockdown is worth to give your loved ones years or even decades.
- thaumasiotes 6y ago> That "3 hours" mean that you're likely to loose one of the relatives or friends who are in high risk group. Suddenly a month of lockdown is worth to give your loved ones years or even decades. Not even close. For example, no one I know has been directly hurt by the coronavirus. And neither has anyone they know, including my friend from Wuhan. (Why "directly"? I do know someone who had a mental breakdown related to isolation.)
- sukilot 6y agoMost people know more people than the average HN commenter. I suspect you don't know the fate of everyone known by everyone you know.
- thaumasiotes 6y ago> I suspect you don't know the fate of everyone known by everyone you know. Certain information is significantly more likely than average to be broadcast. Do I know what those people are doing? Do I have any idea who they are? No. But I do know they haven't been hurt by the coronavirus.
- mantas 6y agoIf your personal experience doesn't match statistics, are statistics wrong?
- Semaphor 6y ago> That "3 hours" mean that you're likely to loose one of the relatives or friends who are in high risk group Not arguing one way or the other, but I most certainly would not call it likely. Germany had more deaths than Iceland per capita and none of my relatives or friends are or know anyone even infected, let alone dead. In Germany, you’d need to know about 440 people to even know someone who has been confirmed infected, in Iceland still around 200. To know someone who died, you’d need to know 9,661 in Germany and 36,363 in Iceland.
- mantas 6y agoAnecdata vs statistics? Some people did die. Some do know them. If no people you know died, does it makes it a media hoax?
- matz1 6y agoSure its sucks for some people who die or know people who died but for most other people they won't even notice.
- mantas 6y agoWhat's what I said up the thread. It's a tragedy for people directly involved even though averaged-out it becomes a cold statistics. Personally I'd rather not gamble wether I'd end up on tragedy or statistics side.
- matz1 6y agoTechnically, life itself is a series of gamble, every choice has its risk and benefit.
- Semaphor 6y agoYes, I used statistics. You said it’s likely. I gave numbers on how many people you’d need to know to, on average, know someone who died. Which, considering how high that number is, does not make it seem "likely" Edit: > does it makes it a media hoax Honestly, you completely lost me there. Did you read some other comment and attributed it to me? edit2: FWIW, I wear a mask when going to the store despite it being only required inside, one of maybe 5% of people who do that. And that’s in a city of 200k with 0 known active cases.
- matwood 6y agoI don't live in one of the US hotspots, yet I personally know a person who had COVID (and lived), and have multiple friends who have had relatives die from COVID. I have a feeling as things open up, more people are going to have my experience.