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this is a risk/benefit analysis, we are talking about tradeoffs would I trade getting out of six months of quarantine if the price was the chance of 1/100,000
by glofish 6y ago
this is a risk/benefit analysis, we are talking about tradeoffs
would I trade getting out of six months of quarantine if the price was the chance of 1/100,000 of dying. Of course I would.
I contrasted that to the fact that I frequently take on much higher risks of dying (mountaineering) for a lot less payoff (it is fun).
(the 1/100,000 is an estimate based on existing data for my age group)
- chipotle_coyote 6y agoThat is the estimated risk of death, not the risk of becoming a carrier of the disease, possibly an asymptomatic one, who spreads it to others. This is what's really frustrating about this whole "trade-off" argument: it's fine to make trade-offs for yourself, but you do not have the right to implicitly force your choice on others. If you sit within six feet of me not wearing a mask, my risk of falling off a mountain does not increase by any measurable amount. If you have Covid-19 and don't know it yet, the same cannot be said.
- glofish 6y agohow is anyone forcing anything on you? also where and in what way did the mask pop into this at all? we are talking about what a person would trade aka risk vs reward
- jussij 6y agoThe OP is just pointing out you live in a community. So this is not just about what is good for you, but instead what is good for the community. For example, having you out of quarantine early might be good for you, but it will definitely not be good for many others.