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Which is a fine solution if they can guarantee they won't infect others. But they can't, so society should pay the cost for their night out.
by BoiledCabbage 6y ago
Which is a fine solution if they can guarantee they won't infect others. But they can't, so society should pay the cost for their night out.
- T-hawk 6y agoThen nobody in society should ever drive a car, since you can't guarantee you won't injure others. Society understands the concept of acceptable risk. We need to get past the absolutist hysteria and treat discussions of Covid in that manner too.
- tarr11 6y agoComparing auto fatalities to covid is a flawed argument. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/03/24/your-analogy-comparing-coronavirus-car-accident-deaths-is-bad/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/03/24/your-anal...
- paxys 6y agoLicensing, driving tests, insurance requirements, vehicle safety standards, traffic rules, fines, DUI tests - all of them exist for this very reason. It's bizarre that in America you can have a positive COVID test and visible symptoms and still go about your life infecting others with zero repercussions.
- mensetmanusman 6y agoThe only known vaccine is surviving covid. If the young had all been infected by April, things would be quite different now...