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• goldenchrome 6y ago
  I understand that the virus is causing substantially more deaths than usual, but that's not saying much for the vast majority of us. We've solved most causes of early death so very few people as a percentage of our population will die in any give year. Therefore something like this virus can show up on the leaderboards without actually biologically destroying our society, or even getting close to it. The average American had a mere 10% increased risk of death last year and the average American had a negligible risk of death to start with. Plus, the average American is overweight, and if you just managed to not be overweight, the additional risk factor falls well below 10%. That's not a valid reason to shut down most social aspects of our society when we are extremely socially dependent animals. If aliens had humans in a human zoo, they might consider it inhumane to separate us from each other for so long.