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What would you consider to be "taking an insane risk WRT Covid" ?

• metadat 4y ago
  The majority of prevailing attitudes and behaviors in Utah and Texas are good examples of what I consider to be a total disregard for public health. Again, this is just me, some individual on HN who doesn't matter at all in the grand scheme of things.
  • robhunter 4y ago
    What are those attitudes and behaviors, exactly?
    • metadat 4y ago
      Refusing to wear a mask indoors, attending large social gatherings sans mask, not getting vaccinated, and so on. It boils down to breathing into other people's faces a lot, which is what I call "exposure".
      • Auracle 4y ago
        How long should be wear masks indoors and refuse to attend large indoor social gatherings? The rest of our lives?
        • metadat 4y ago
          For me, success looks like not getting long covid. It's russian roulette right now, and if you lose it can impact you for the remainder of your life. I'll take a few years of not attending large indoor social functions over risking my long-term health. This won't be forever, humans are an ingenious bunch.
  • t-3 4y ago
    As an unvaccinated suburbanite, my experience has been different. While I stayed home, my very progressive and multiply-vaxxed sister was traveling, visiting our parents during lockdown, going out to restaurants and sporting events. Who exactly was an irresponsible danger to the public health here?