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It is very much normal for millions of people to get infected with all kinds of mild to moderate illnesses each year. What bubble of cleanliness and isolation t

It is very much normal for millions of people to get infected with all kinds of mild to moderate illnesses each year. What bubble of cleanliness and isolation to you think most people should live in? During a pandemic, I can see the need for certain carefully considered (major emphasis on carefully) protective measures being applied. Outside of said pandemic, I can't, for practical and moral reasons of basic freedoms, government authority and absurd paranoias about something that's clearly not going away, not controllable through masks or quarantines and for which many remedies now exist. This article is absurd hyperbole trying to reclaim a bit of flagging COVID hysteria for the sake of clicks and attention, and it uses arguments that are less valid than ever to do so..

seydor 4y ago
I don't think the article is hyperbole. You can search covid studies by yourself to see that there is ample evidence about the long term burden of covid, and that it's cumulative every time people get reinfected. We don't need to force people to wear masks, but we can warn them about the dangers of the virus, which is unlike the other seasonal viruses. It seems the pendulum has away from covid fearmongering completely towards other side , pretending that it's OK for millions to be infected with a virus that is not benign. The results and burden on healthcare systems will become more obvious the coming years.
- dude187 4y ago
  Not only is it okay, it's life.
  - seydor 4y ago
    Yes , disease is part of life and so is death but that is a trivial statement
    - dude187 4y ago
      No, it's reality. We had to suffer through three years of attacks from people trying to deny reality. It needs to be spelled out and accepted
maxerickson 4y ago
Is "controllable" the only decision point? Measures that aren't 100% effective (and thus fail the "controllable" standard) can still have lots of impact. We could do a lot at the margins to reduce respiratory infections if people just made better decisions (and had a little more support to make better decisions).

seydor 4y ago

I don't think the article is hyperbole. You can search covid studies by yourself to see that there is ample evidence about the long term burden of covid, and that it's cumulative every time people get reinfected. We don't need to force people to wear masks, but we can warn them about the dangers of the virus, which is unlike the other seasonal viruses. It seems the pendulum has away from covid fearmongering completely towards other side , pretending that it's OK for millions to be infected with a virus that is not benign. The results and burden on healthcare systems will become more obvious the coming years.

dude187 4y ago
Not only is it okay, it's life.
- seydor 4y ago
  Yes , disease is part of life and so is death but that is a trivial statement
  - dude187 4y ago
    No, it's reality. We had to suffer through three years of attacks from people trying to deny reality. It needs to be spelled out and accepted

maxerickson 4y ago

Is "controllable" the only decision point? Measures that aren't 100% effective (and thus fail the "controllable" standard) can still have lots of impact. We could do a lot at the margins to reduce respiratory infections if people just made better decisions (and had a little more support to make better decisions).