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Are you willing to die for the economy? Ask your kids, are they OK with you dying so that money can be made, maybe collect on some life insurance money? Are you

Are you willing to die for the economy? Ask your kids, are they OK with you dying so that money can be made, maybe collect on some life insurance money? Are you OK with your kids potentially dying (rare but not zero) just to keep them busy during the day? I bet not.

engineer_22 6y ago
To your point: there is a non-zero chance of dying when riding public transportation. Hyperbole aside, I think it's important to understand the risks and find appropriate compromises. Clearly "business as usual" is not the best course of action. But "shut everything down and wait until 2021" isn't very practical either. We missed our chance to contain the virus - but the world's not going to end.
rpiguy 6y ago
Yes. And there are many millions of unafraid people. Doesn't mean they aren't cautious, but they understand risk. Children have a higher chance of dying in a car accident, are you going to stop driving tomorrow, because you know a non-zero chance of dying is all you will accept.
- Buttons840 6y ago
  > Children have a higher chance of dying in a car accident Some numbers related to this claim: In 2018 about 37,000 people died in the U.S. in motor vehicle accidents, not all of them were children. Currently, about 250,000 people are dying per year from COVID19 in the U.S. Not all of them are children. It's not clear to me that your claim is true. Granted, only a few COVID19 deaths are children, but how many auto fatalities involve children?
  - rpiguy 6y ago
    For frame of reference according to the CDC 31 total deaths of children age 1-14 since the pandemic started. That’s not a typo - 31. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid_weekly/index.htm#AgeAndSex https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid_weekly/index.htm#Ag... 130 died from flu. 675 died children in car accidents. https://www.cdc.gov/motorvehiclesafety/child_passenger_safety/cps-factsheet.html https://www.cdc.gov/motorvehiclesafety/child_passenger_safet...

engineer_22 6y ago

To your point: there is a non-zero chance of dying when riding public transportation. Hyperbole aside, I think it's important to understand the risks and find appropriate compromises. Clearly "business as usual" is not the best course of action. But "shut everything down and wait until 2021" isn't very practical either. We missed our chance to contain the virus - but the world's not going to end.

rpiguy 6y ago

Yes. And there are many millions of unafraid people. Doesn't mean they aren't cautious, but they understand risk. Children have a higher chance of dying in a car accident, are you going to stop driving tomorrow, because you know a non-zero chance of dying is all you will accept.

Buttons840 6y ago
> Children have a higher chance of dying in a car accident Some numbers related to this claim: In 2018 about 37,000 people died in the U.S. in motor vehicle accidents, not all of them were children. Currently, about 250,000 people are dying per year from COVID19 in the U.S. Not all of them are children. It's not clear to me that your claim is true. Granted, only a few COVID19 deaths are children, but how many auto fatalities involve children?
- rpiguy 6y ago
  For frame of reference according to the CDC 31 total deaths of children age 1-14 since the pandemic started. That’s not a typo - 31. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid_weekly/index.htm#AgeAndSex https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid_weekly/index.htm#Ag... 130 died from flu. 675 died children in car accidents. https://www.cdc.gov/motorvehiclesafety/child_passenger_safety/cps-factsheet.html https://www.cdc.gov/motorvehiclesafety/child_passenger_safet...