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If this was your last Thanksgiving, would you spend it in quarantine?

2 points by tpseager 6y ago

eesmith 6y ago
Written a month ago, before there were three promising vaccine giving the strong hope that we would NOT "indefinitely forfeit the most valuable parts of our lives".
- tpseager 6y ago
  I hope it's not indefinite, too. Perhaps the lockdown, no-travel policies should be rescinded, given the news regarding the vaccines.
  - mcguire 6y ago
    Because being the last person to die would be ... good?
  - jackdeansmith 6y ago
    > Perhaps the lockdown, no-travel policies should be rescinded, given the news regarding the vaccines. Exactly the opposite, with a good vaccine only a few months away, putting everything on pause makes even more sense.
FatalLogic 6y ago
No way of knowing if it's your last. But if you don't spend it in quarantine, then perhaps it's more likely it will be
- mcguire 6y ago
  It would really, really suck to be responsible for putting elderly relatives in the hospital or the ground.
sigmaprimus 6y ago
OK fair arguments I guess, how about we apply them to other facets in our lives? Why save for the future? You might die tomorrow, go ahead spend that money now. Enjoy yourself if You end up destitute tenting in a park with a sign begging for food, at least You had a good time. While were at it, we might aswell drink a bit more and eat as much crap as we want, might get hit by a bus tommorow so why not, who cares if we get diabetes and have to get a foot amputated we lived life to the fullest. Maybe we will get covid, maybe not. Who gives a crap about the doctors and nurses that wont get to see their families because they had to work overtime to try and save our selfish asses. We got to live our lives to the fullest. Give me a break, part if being in a society is not always putting yourself first. You have the ability to do what You want but don't think it is going to be without concequences. These laws are really only going to keep honest people inline, sort of like a locked gate on a 3 foot fence. So go ahead and jump the fence but don't play the victim when your loved ones are dying and there isn't a doctor or nurse available to help them, all just because your tiny bit of freedom was more important than the general good or because You knew better than all the experts because you read something on the net.
- mcguire 6y ago
  YOLO! /s [I was watching the local, weekly COVID status update and one of our county health officials broke down and started crying. This isn't a joking matter.]
ThrowawayR2 6y ago
> "If this was your last Thanksgiving, would you spend it in quarantine?" Yes, I would, out of consideration for the welfare of others. While my tiny individual contribution may make no visible difference, our collective ability to act for the common good is what will determine how many fathers and mothers bury a son/daughter, how many children will be bereft of a parent, and how many families mourn a loved one we will see over the course of the pandemic and I will therefore do my duty. It is the decent thing to do.
jackdeansmith 6y ago
> "And have neglected to acknowledge that many of our seniors — the most vulnerable among us — don’t even want that kind of ‘safety’ because it costs precious moments with their families." > "They already achieved quantity in life. What most of them want more than anything is quality." I'll tell you one thing, spending your last moments in a chaotic hospital where your loved ones probably wont event be allowed near you, isolated from human contact by layers of plastic and respirators is NOT the definition of quality I have in mind.

2 points by tpseager 6y ago

Written a month ago, before there were three promising vaccine giving the strong hope that we would NOT "indefinitely forfeit the most valuable parts of our lives".

tpseager 6y ago
I hope it's not indefinite, too. Perhaps the lockdown, no-travel policies should be rescinded, given the news regarding the vaccines.
- mcguire 6y ago
  Because being the last person to die would be ... good?
- jackdeansmith 6y ago
  > Perhaps the lockdown, no-travel policies should be rescinded, given the news regarding the vaccines. Exactly the opposite, with a good vaccine only a few months away, putting everything on pause makes even more sense.

FatalLogic 6y ago

No way of knowing if it's your last. But if you don't spend it in quarantine, then perhaps it's more likely it will be

mcguire 6y ago
It would really, really suck to be responsible for putting elderly relatives in the hospital or the ground.

sigmaprimus 6y ago

OK fair arguments I guess, how about we apply them to other facets in our lives? Why save for the future? You might die tomorrow, go ahead spend that money now. Enjoy yourself if You end up destitute tenting in a park with a sign begging for food, at least You had a good time. While were at it, we might aswell drink a bit more and eat as much crap as we want, might get hit by a bus tommorow so why not, who cares if we get diabetes and have to get a foot amputated we lived life to the fullest. Maybe we will get covid, maybe not. Who gives a crap about the doctors and nurses that wont get to see their families because they had to work overtime to try and save our selfish asses. We got to live our lives to the fullest. Give me a break, part if being in a society is not always putting yourself first. You have the ability to do what You want but don't think it is going to be without concequences. These laws are really only going to keep honest people inline, sort of like a locked gate on a 3 foot fence. So go ahead and jump the fence but don't play the victim when your loved ones are dying and there isn't a doctor or nurse available to help them, all just because your tiny bit of freedom was more important than the general good or because You knew better than all the experts because you read something on the net.

mcguire 6y ago
YOLO! /s [I was watching the local, weekly COVID status update and one of our county health officials broke down and started crying. This isn't a joking matter.]

ThrowawayR2 6y ago

> "If this was your last Thanksgiving, would you spend it in quarantine?" Yes, I would, out of consideration for the welfare of others. While my tiny individual contribution may make no visible difference, our collective ability to act for the common good is what will determine how many fathers and mothers bury a son/daughter, how many children will be bereft of a parent, and how many families mourn a loved one we will see over the course of the pandemic and I will therefore do my duty. It is the decent thing to do.

jackdeansmith 6y ago

> "And have neglected to acknowledge that many of our seniors — the most vulnerable among us — don’t even want that kind of ‘safety’ because it costs precious moments with their families." > "They already achieved quantity in life. What most of them want more than anything is quality." I'll tell you one thing, spending your last moments in a chaotic hospital where your loved ones probably wont event be allowed near you, isolated from human contact by layers of plastic and respirators is NOT the definition of quality I have in mind.