A great thread, thought-provoking, thoughtful and empathetic.https://twitter.com/ScoLatham/status/1476637010727161867 …
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Replying to @BallouxFrancois
Except it has almost nothing to do with the reality of the kinds of work people with less education do in the United States. One, it’s almost all service sector, not climbing on stairs you may fall from. Two, construction workers etc. is exactly where it is better regulated.
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I disagree. First, there are jobs that remain inherently more risky, whatever regulations may be in place. Second, the thread is fundamentally about the (perceived) relative risk of covid. If one's life expectancy is not that high anyway, Covid may well feel less threatening.
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Replying to @BallouxFrancois @zeynep
This seems silly. I grew up working class; my dad did construction work. He was always careful at work and likewise w/ COVID. But I knew a lot of reckless people who also put their children in danger (e.g., not putting them in carseats). I doubt this was due to life expectancy.
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Seems massively unempathetic to say that the poor don't mind dying as much when plenty of them are clearly worried about the threat of COVID (and raise children who don't get to make their own choices).
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I knew several adults growing up who ended up dying as a result of risky behavior (not inherently risky activities, just doing activities unsafely). If you ever called them out on this stuff before they died their only response was an angry "it'll be fine, don't worry so much."
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They were not making any kind of conscious decision; they had whatever personality type makes their upper middle class and rich counterparts jump out of airplanes and do other risky, thrillseeking shit.
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This topic really bothers me. My stepmom was a server in a restaurant & has COPD. She was so relieved when restaurants shut down in 2020 & unemployment was expanded because she was terrified of COVID. Anyone who says the working class run headlong into death is out of pocket.
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Finally, my cousin (working class) died of COVID the same week she finally scheduled her vaccine appointment. She was terrified of COVID and terrified of the vaccine. It was a tragedy that had nothing to do with a "COVID is no biggie" attitude.
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I am sorry. In fact, that is exactly what research shows: people frozen in fear and terrified, and lack of trust. This is unfortunately a very common example that shows up in research, stats and anecdotes.
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Replying to @zeynep @BallouxFrancois
Thank you. That is somehow even more saddening, that this is a known issue. I've seen the "lack of trust" factor harm people my entire life, and it's very frustrating when you see the loss of trust happen first hand.
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