So any measures we do pass need to be as close to universial as possible, and any messaging that any group of people is immune or "doesn't need to worry" is deeply irresponsible
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Who said any of this? No one is immune save those already infected. But not everyone is at grave risk. This is a fact. We *know* who the vulnerable population is. Focus.
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Oh fuck you man You know who's vulnerable? Me I'm not in the "most vulnerable" group, but I'm vulnerable, largely because, to be blunt, I'm fat I do not expect the government to give me money anytime soon to enable me to "fully lock down" while everyone else parties
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I get it. You're scared. Trying to be delicate here because I don't aim to insult but you realize your ask, right? That healthy people quarantine to protect you from your previous choices (obesity being mostly non-genetic)? This is the definition of moral hazard.
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Replying to @Reroot_Flyover @arthur_affect and
Jesus fucking wept, dude. Healthy people are getting sick, too, and suffering from sequelae that may be lifelong. The economy can be rebuilt, but people can’t come back from the dead.
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Replying to @TheRedRaptor @arthur_affect and
Look, of course healthy people are getting sick too. And most are healing just fine. Long covid is as yet unproven. The effects unknown but not likely to be much diff. than other respiratory viruses. I never mentioned the economy. This is about not just life but *living*...
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Replying to @Reroot_Flyover @TheRedRaptor and
Bullshit The first SARS was a respiratory disease -- COVID-19 is not 12% of hospitalized patients in China came out with cardiac damage, 30% with kidney damage A cytokine storm is a known, predictable "phase 2" of COVID-19 symptoms if you survive the "phase 1" pneumonia
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Replying to @arthur_affect @TheRedRaptor and
Cytokine storms are not unique to covid and they occur in critically ill patients. Whats your point? They happen with many other, wait for it, *respiratory diseases* including common colds, flu, SARS, MERS, and a host of others. This is *not* indicative of "lifelong sequelae"..
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Replying to @Reroot_Flyover @arthur_affect and
My elderly mother got flu two winters ago. Laid her up for weeks. This isnt "long flu". It just kicked her ass and took a bit to overccome. Same for me with pneumonia a few years back. I was ok after 2 weeks but not fully "right" for a few months. So it goes. Noone freaked out.
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Replying to @Reroot_Flyover @TheRedRaptor and
Yes, I know, sometimes people die of serious diseases, sometimes they make a quick and full recovery, sometimes they make a slow recovery, sometimes they don't die but never fully recover The thing about a "serious" disease is if it's more serious, *all* the numbers get worse
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The idea of a hard bright line where if you don't die from it, you're guaranteed not to be damaged by it does not make actual sense It is a classic cognitive error and wishful thinking "Whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger" and other useless aphorisms
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