(October 7, 2020 at 11:40 am)Anomalocaris Wrote:(October 7, 2020 at 10:59 am)onlinebiker Wrote: NHTSA says 102 die daily in traffic accidents....
Everybody going to quit driving?
Driving creates utility, mobility, economic activity, social interaction, in other words things that are good and valuable in themselves
Perhaps getting COVID creates things that are good and valuable in themselves, for you. If that is the case, so getting COVID is just like driving, then By all means, go contract COVID. Your El Presidente would certainly look benevolently down upon you if you were to personally acquire it from your Demi-god himself.
Not wearing masks, not staying home, not staying 6 feet away from people, having parties in your house, going to work, sending your children to school, and hugging people you love who aren't sheltering in place with you all create huge utility that can be seen as goo and valuable...
But that's how you MIGHT contract Covid-19. I'm a supporter of science and wear a mask and do all the things to assure the safety of my family but the point OLB is making is a sound one. We measure risk based on ROI and do MANY things that present a measurable death rate without batting an eye!
For hundreds of years we have largely ignored the fact that the flu is killing people in large numbers. Those numbers can be decreased by vaccination but we make that a choice and do not mandate mask wearing during flu season.
