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I'm sorry for your immuno-depressed wife. I also have family members over 60 that would be at higher risk if they contacted Covid-19. And I'm an asthmatic and a

I'm sorry for your immuno-depressed wife. I also have family members over 60 that would be at higher risk if they contacted Covid-19. And I'm an asthmatic and asthmatics are at higher risk. But that's still not a reason to have my privacy traded away. And if you're going to treat me like the enemy, willing to trade my freedoms away, for your safety, then don't be surprised if I'm going to treat you like an enemy too. --- I'm totally fine with vaccination btw. That's a really poor analogy b/c vaccination is the best evidence-based strategy we have for fighting viruses and it's a one time cost to pay. To be honest, even if contact tracing apps had evidence that they work somewhat, I'd still not trade my privacy away. I only pointed out the lack of evidence because it is absurd to give up your freedoms on something that may or may not work. In any case, I'd rather catch the virus.

BrandoElFollito 6y ago
> And if you're going to treat me like the enemy, willing to trade my freedoms away, for your safety, then don't be surprised if I'm going to treat you like an enemy too. Yes of course, this is normal. And that's why I am actively working for a legal framework to coerce people into staying at home in these cases. I highlight the word "legal" as otherwise it will be chaos. > That's a really poor analogy b/c vaccination is the best evidence-based strategy we have for fighting viruses and it's a one time cost to pay. In some cases we need to be proactive without string evidence. In the case of COVID-19 this is not a matter of being psychologically comfortable (as opposed to, say, religion where anything goes for me, at least until it does not directly hits others). It is a matter to use that until we have better solutions. > In any case, I'd rather catch the virus. This is your choice. Please just make sure to keep it to yourself and also to realize that you will be using a medical facility overloaded by people who not only caught it willingly, but also those ones who did not. But no matter what I really do hope you will not catch it :)

BrandoElFollito 6y ago

> And if you're going to treat me like the enemy, willing to trade my freedoms away, for your safety, then don't be surprised if I'm going to treat you like an enemy too. Yes of course, this is normal. And that's why I am actively working for a legal framework to coerce people into staying at home in these cases. I highlight the word "legal" as otherwise it will be chaos. > That's a really poor analogy b/c vaccination is the best evidence-based strategy we have for fighting viruses and it's a one time cost to pay. In some cases we need to be proactive without string evidence. In the case of COVID-19 this is not a matter of being psychologically comfortable (as opposed to, say, religion where anything goes for me, at least until it does not directly hits others). It is a matter to use that until we have better solutions. > In any case, I'd rather catch the virus. This is your choice. Please just make sure to keep it to yourself and also to realize that you will be using a medical facility overloaded by people who not only caught it willingly, but also those ones who did not. But no matter what I really do hope you will not catch it :)