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A lot of people only want to think about it on their individual level, instead of realizing that every measure like masks, even lower quality masks, slows the s
by notabee 5y ago
A lot of people only want to think about it on their individual level, instead of realizing that every measure like masks, even lower quality masks, slows the spread on average and prevents the waves of infections from being as sharp or as massive, which really matters in terms of hospital capacity and general economic disruption caused by simultaneous sickenings. But it's probably preaching to the choir at this point about large segments of society being essentially selfish and myopic.
- bmeski 5y agoThe “selfish and myopic” people I know in states that don’t have mask mandates have happy kids who go to school and can look at each other’s faces and grow as humans. Here in NYC we have woman yelling at kids to keep their masks on and they are in and out of school on a whim. Who is being selfish and myopic?
- cltby 5y agoIt seems to me rather more selfish and myopic to shut down all of society over one's personal fear of the sniffles.
- pessimizer 5y agoCalling covid "the sniffles" doesn't make you sound reasonable.
- bmeski 5y agoThat’s what it is for almost all children
- pgalvin 5y agoYes, but HN isn’t made up of children. The vast majority of people here are adults, a population in which Covid-19 is a risk for a large proportion. People aren’t talking about children and saying “you’re afraid of the sniffles* (* is only sniffles for children)” is disingenuous.
- cltby 5y agoHN is comprised of tech workers, who dramatically skew younger and vaccinated. These are people for whom covid is very much just the sniffles.
- smus 5y agoThe classic sniffles that kills millions a year that we all know and love, right