My mom's philosophy (for once) is yolo. She's like, if I get it, whatever. The risk of hospitalization/death isn't high enough to justify me living my life in fear. And she did get covid, and now she's better, and she continues on not wearing a mask or isolating. And-
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Obviously this is bad. Obviously she put herself and other people's lives at risk. Obviously she should have been isolating, not hosting bible studies. But maybeee she's kinda right. I sort of respect her, despite the fact I've been huddled in my house for nearly a year.
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She just was like "fuck this illness, my life goes on." And a part of me wonders, is this what all of us should be doing? Bite the bullet, face a wave of deaths, suffer, grieve, and move on? Idk. I'm not doing that but I think if my peer group were more like her, I would be.
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My big worry isn't death, but a) externalities - if I'm part of a causal chain where I end up killing someone's grandpa down the line, and b) live alone, family in city is all vulnerable in different ways, if I get moderately sick I'm SOL and taking care of myself. Sounds lame
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Also, beyond a point, the health effects of economic recession overtake that of the virus. Some would even argue that we are way beyond that point. (Case in point: See the excess mortality rates from 2008-2010)
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I think she's right. We only develop proper immunity to viruses from repeat environmental exposure, and they should evolve to exist more harmoniously with us. If vaccines don't lead to global herd immunity, we may be in this mess indefinitely. Or until we get bored with it.
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Or we don't... I mean, there are plenty of deseases and viruses we never grew immune to but we defeated in labs. It has been evidenced that you can get covid-19 multiple times, the first not always the worst and its already mutating...
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We do this Every. Single. Day. Get in a car and drive is probably the riskiest thing we do on a daily basis and we don't bat an eye about it. Lack of exercise, poor eating habits, smoking...
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You just condemned millions to die - congrats.
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