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It also depends on how one defines danger. Would you rather die a few years earlier in your old age? Or live with reduced lung capacity for many years? And how
by woofie11 6y ago
It also depends on how one defines danger. Would you rather die a few years earlier in your old age? Or live with reduced lung capacity for many years? And how common is that with COVID19?
We're still waiting to see the fall-out of long COVID.
- AceyMan 6y agoVote / Reply I'll take two fewer years of lifespan, for 200, Alex. I'm an athlete, and my cardiopulmonary bits are essential to my sense of well-being. /Acey
- jobigoud 6y agoYou say this now but if we ask you then, the day of your death, would you rather die now or live a few more years in a diminished capacity, you might have a very different answer.
- pdpi 6y agoBut that’s not the trade off. Rather it’s “would you rather die now, or have lived in a diminished capacity for the last few decades?”
- AceyMan 6y agoDon't outsmart yourself. If you told anyone, on their death bed, "if you had run 25 km a week since [n-15 years] you would have been able to move better / dance with pretty girls / play [tennis | golf | etc] until two years ago," I think most people would say WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME. /Acey