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Most people I know have had Covid by now, regardless of where they live or what the mask mandate situation is/was. That being said, it's fascinating to see how

Most people I know have had Covid by now, regardless of where they live or what the mask mandate situation is/was. That being said, it's fascinating to see how masking has become almost entirely a cultural phenomenon. I live in the New York City area. In many places here masks are still mandated, while in others masks aren't mandated but masking is nearly universal. I have a friend that lives "upstate" (about 40 miles north of the city). When I visit him, there is nary a mask in site. We hang out in packed bars and restaurants and it is exactly like Covid never existed. Nobody talks about it and nobody is concerned with it. Doubtless there is some level of awareness about the ~1 in 100,000 chance for someone up there to get seriously ill or die, but, unlike New York City, it isn't something that people dwell on or think much about at all. Just another one of the infinitesimally small risks entailed in daily life.

belltaco 4y ago
Maybe coz the vulnerable are already dead, hospitalized or suffering for long Covid upstate. https://www.newsday.com/news/health/coronavirus/covid-19-positivity-rates-new-york-t22150 https://www.newsday.com/news/health/coronavirus/covid-19-pos...
- StanislavPetrov 4y ago
  Maybe. Or maybe because your odds of dying from Covid if you are under 85 and not morbidly obese or suffering from a long list of other health problems are less than your chances of dying in a car accident on the way to work or falling off of a ladder.
  - belltaco 4y ago
    Source? Lots of people under 85 survived with oxygen and ventilators in hospitals and ICUs with proper staffing. If no one wore masks the survival rate would have gone down a lot. A live example of majority healthy younger people dying: https://www.indiaspend.com/covid-19/covid-19-second-wave-deaths-data-variants-comorbidity-757997 https://www.indiaspend.com/covid-19/covid-19-second-wave-dea...
    - StanislavPetrov 4y ago
      "More" is not a majority. Every bit of data points to the fact that the risk of Covid to young people was, and is, extremely low - almost non-existent among young people with comoribities and other serious pre-existing health problems. The odds of dying in a car accident, of a drug overdose, or of suicide are orders of magnitude higher for young people than dying of Covid.

belltaco 4y ago

Maybe coz the vulnerable are already dead, hospitalized or suffering for long Covid upstate. https://www.newsday.com/news/health/coronavirus/covid-19-positivity-rates-new-york-t22150 https://www.newsday.com/news/health/coronavirus/covid-19-pos...

StanislavPetrov 4y ago
Maybe. Or maybe because your odds of dying from Covid if you are under 85 and not morbidly obese or suffering from a long list of other health problems are less than your chances of dying in a car accident on the way to work or falling off of a ladder.
- belltaco 4y ago
  Source? Lots of people under 85 survived with oxygen and ventilators in hospitals and ICUs with proper staffing. If no one wore masks the survival rate would have gone down a lot. A live example of majority healthy younger people dying: https://www.indiaspend.com/covid-19/covid-19-second-wave-deaths-data-variants-comorbidity-757997 https://www.indiaspend.com/covid-19/covid-19-second-wave-dea...
  - StanislavPetrov 4y ago
    "More" is not a majority. Every bit of data points to the fact that the risk of Covid to young people was, and is, extremely low - almost non-existent among young people with comoribities and other serious pre-existing health problems. The odds of dying in a car accident, of a drug overdose, or of suicide are orders of magnitude higher for young people than dying of Covid.