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> There was a period of a few decades (I guess still ongoing, really) where parents sheltered their kids from everything Not just parents sheltering kids. Ta

> There was a period of a few decades (I guess still ongoing, really) where parents sheltered their kids from everything Not just parents sheltering kids. Take a look at this (in)famous tweet https://x.com/d_spiegel/status/1271696043739172864 https://x.com/d_spiegel/status/1271696043739172864 from *June 2020* ... "[eg] women aged 30–34, around 1 in 70,000 died from Covid over peak 9 weeks of epidemic. Over 80% pre-existing medical conditions, so if healthy less than 1 in 350,000, 1/4 of normal accidental risk"

morshu9001 1y ago
The biggest reason I took covid19 seriously was because many countries in separate parts of the world took drastic measures, unlike nut allergy which is the poster child for first world problems.
- logifail 1y ago
  > many countries in separate parts of the world took drastic measures Putting China to one side, broadly speaking weren't the most stringent and prolonged restrictions mostly in wealthier, highly-developed countries?
  - adrianN 1y ago
    Poor countries have lots of people who can’t afford masks and shelter at home without risking starvation.
    - logifail 1y ago
      Developing countries also have significantly younger populations, who are at much lower risk. "Older adults are at highest risk of getting very sick from COVID-19"[0] [0] https://www.cdc.gov/covid/risk-factors/index.html https://www.cdc.gov/covid/risk-factors/index.html
lurk2 1y ago
It’s obvious from the response this garnered that a lot of users haven’t gotten over this period of their lives ending.
- logifail 1y ago
  I don't understand why a quotation - a straightforward summary of factual information about the virus and its low risk to a specific group, written by a professional statistician and University of Cambridge professor - is still considered contentious or triggering to some people, even five years later.
tim333 1y ago
The government responses to all that were not super informed on the whole.

morshu9001 1y ago

The biggest reason I took covid19 seriously was because many countries in separate parts of the world took drastic measures, unlike nut allergy which is the poster child for first world problems.

logifail 1y ago
> many countries in separate parts of the world took drastic measures Putting China to one side, broadly speaking weren't the most stringent and prolonged restrictions mostly in wealthier, highly-developed countries?
- adrianN 1y ago
  Poor countries have lots of people who can’t afford masks and shelter at home without risking starvation.
  - logifail 1y ago
    Developing countries also have significantly younger populations, who are at much lower risk. "Older adults are at highest risk of getting very sick from COVID-19"[0] [0] https://www.cdc.gov/covid/risk-factors/index.html https://www.cdc.gov/covid/risk-factors/index.html

lurk2 1y ago

It’s obvious from the response this garnered that a lot of users haven’t gotten over this period of their lives ending.

logifail 1y ago
I don't understand why a quotation - a straightforward summary of factual information about the virus and its low risk to a specific group, written by a professional statistician and University of Cambridge professor - is still considered contentious or triggering to some people, even five years later.

tim333 1y ago

The government responses to all that were not super informed on the whole.