Can we please have a talk with the photo editors? ENOUGH WITH THE BEACH PICTURES ruining articles.
Beaches are one of the least risky environments. Indoor bars and restaurants. House parties. Indoor gatherings where unmasked people talk. Not beaches.https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/25/us/coronavirus-cases-young-people.html …
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What's the top comment? "Stay inside, save lives." Nope. "Staying inside" itself has many harms, is not sustainable for another year, and outdoors is important for mental and physical health. The problem isn't young ones having fun, it's doing risky things which are... indoors.pic.twitter.com/kxS5iAawBx
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This virus is not a moral agent that will disproportionately smite young people who annoy their elders with all their fun or one's ideological enemies. It spreads with some behaviors and settings that are not in a moral or ideological hierarchy. It's not a religion, it's a virus.
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We should also beware the "young people think they're invincible" narrative. As the young woman in this article said after contracting the virus, "We were told we could go out to bars."https://twitter.com/JuliaLMarcus/status/1273641242828685314?s=20 …
Julia Marcus, PhD, MPH added,
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Agree! I mean, sure, young people do have a lower risk profile and they may well be less risk-averse but they're not being given proper guidance so that they can have a reasonable assessment. They need to hear the tail-risk of long-term sequelae and need to hear sensible advice.
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I agree, there may very well be less risk aversion, and there's definitely a need for better guidance. Also doesn't seem quite right to open bars and then yell at people for going to them.
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Yeah. We failed so let's yell at you.
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Standard abuser logic, that. See: gaslighting, above
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