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Just go meet your parents. Don't live under that tension. I know 50 people who had Covid (yes someone out there will say their situation was bad - but the vast

Just go meet your parents. Don't live under that tension. I know 50 people who had Covid (yes someone out there will say their situation was bad - but the vast majority of those with Covid it was not bad) - but most said it was like the flu and they were tired for 2 weeks. My advice would be quit testing yourself and get out there. I have been eating at restaurants all year with friends. we go 2x a week. None of us have been sick. That's a lot of exposure - if one thought that restaurants were a risk. Go see your friends and live your life. Sure - wear a mask and wash your hands and be respectful of those who are fearful or at risk (like elderly) but go out. You will be fine. It sounds like you are measuring the risk of not going out of your apartment. That's hard to quantify but certainly should not be minimized.

neom 6y ago
Where do you live that you've been able to eating at restaurants all year?
- nibsfive 6y ago
  Was going to ask this, where I am it's illegal to go outside unless for groceries or doctor.
- BoorishBears 6y ago
  Here in NYC there's this laughable "outdoor dining" - I've got to say, my mother was on the frontlines of COVID during the first lockdown. It's so weird to think after risking her life, stressing over insufficient PPE, worrying that she'd make my father sick, scares over the slightest cough... that there's people like this, who are still in this bizarre world where "it's just a flu". I mean to me this: > yes someone out there will say their situation was bad - but the vast majority of those with Covid it was not bad Do you comprehend what it's like when it does end up being bad? Have you seen what people dying from COVID actually look like? I still get stressed out just recalling a video that showed a patient with COVID in a hospital hallway taking these horrible rapid short breaths that didn't seem to be doing anything for them. What you described is why COVID is so deadly to society as a whole. The people it "barely affects" get off with a flu (and often some lifetime complications but that's a special treat for later when we start seeing the long term effects of an inflamed heart) and the "few" it affects end up being massive drains on our healthcare system. Then the people who end up between those two extremes end up with a less prepared healthcare system and so on... I found myself driving much more carefully post-COVID the times that I have because if I get in a serious accident something tells me the standard of care is not going to be near where it normally is.... Of course, the same people who talk tough like this and think "oh well if I get COVID just let me die! I probably won't die from it anyways!" are inevitably some of the same people who end up fighting for their lives in dark rooms alone regretting everything that lead them there...
  - neom 6y ago
    My mother is an anti-lock down, anti-vax, anti-covid-er, she's also in her 70s and she goes out of her way to snub the regulations. My sister (who is a doctor) is being vaccinated in secret because my mum is so staunch about it being "no big deal" and "If I die, I die!". Well sorry mum, but you'll die alone- I can't fly to see you.
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35fbe7d3d5b9 6y ago
> I know 50 people who had Covid (yes someone out there will say their situation was bad - but the vast majority of those with Covid it was not bad) - but most said it was like the flu and they were tired for 2 weeks. This is precisely the reason Covid is such a real menace: if it had more equal death rate impacts, I suspect we'd have seen far tighter restrictions to bring it under control, and far better adherence to public health advice. Instead, Covid is one giant negative externality pushed to the margins.

neom 6y ago

Where do you live that you've been able to eating at restaurants all year?

nibsfive 6y ago
Was going to ask this, where I am it's illegal to go outside unless for groceries or doctor.
BoorishBears 6y ago
Here in NYC there's this laughable "outdoor dining" - I've got to say, my mother was on the frontlines of COVID during the first lockdown. It's so weird to think after risking her life, stressing over insufficient PPE, worrying that she'd make my father sick, scares over the slightest cough... that there's people like this, who are still in this bizarre world where "it's just a flu". I mean to me this: > yes someone out there will say their situation was bad - but the vast majority of those with Covid it was not bad Do you comprehend what it's like when it does end up being bad? Have you seen what people dying from COVID actually look like? I still get stressed out just recalling a video that showed a patient with COVID in a hospital hallway taking these horrible rapid short breaths that didn't seem to be doing anything for them. What you described is why COVID is so deadly to society as a whole. The people it "barely affects" get off with a flu (and often some lifetime complications but that's a special treat for later when we start seeing the long term effects of an inflamed heart) and the "few" it affects end up being massive drains on our healthcare system. Then the people who end up between those two extremes end up with a less prepared healthcare system and so on... I found myself driving much more carefully post-COVID the times that I have because if I get in a serious accident something tells me the standard of care is not going to be near where it normally is.... Of course, the same people who talk tough like this and think "oh well if I get COVID just let me die! I probably won't die from it anyways!" are inevitably some of the same people who end up fighting for their lives in dark rooms alone regretting everything that lead them there...
- neom 6y ago
  My mother is an anti-lock down, anti-vax, anti-covid-er, she's also in her 70s and she goes out of her way to snub the regulations. My sister (who is a doctor) is being vaccinated in secret because my mum is so staunch about it being "no big deal" and "If I die, I die!". Well sorry mum, but you'll die alone- I can't fly to see you.
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35fbe7d3d5b9 6y ago

> I know 50 people who had Covid (yes someone out there will say their situation was bad - but the vast majority of those with Covid it was not bad) - but most said it was like the flu and they were tired for 2 weeks. This is precisely the reason Covid is such a real menace: if it had more equal death rate impacts, I suspect we'd have seen far tighter restrictions to bring it under control, and far better adherence to public health advice. Instead, Covid is one giant negative externality pushed to the margins.