Re:Coronavirus and Credibility
by hedora on Tuesday April 07, 2020 @03:49AM
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If you catch coronavirus, you’re roughly twice as likely to die this year as if you didn’t (this is true for most age groups).
Most people have a vanishingly low probability of dying in the next 12 months. They shouldn’t care much if they get it or not, unless they’re worried about the welfare of others.
This seems very similar to CO2 to me, except that global warming affects younger people more, and coronavirus primarily affects older people.
It saddens me that our leaders won’t act to prevent a planetary disaster that will that affect their children and all future generations, but are willing many more times the resources on a comparatively minor crisis that will last at most a year.
Re:Coronavirus and Credibility
by Tepix on Tuesday April 07, 2020 @05:51AM
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That‘s statistics. In reality there are many factors that make COVID-19 much more dangerous for a lot of people.
Besides, i don‘t feel like taking an extea 2 in 1000 chance of dying, thank you very much.
Most people have a vanishingly low probability of dying in the next 12 months. They shouldn’t care much if they get it or not, unless they’re worried about the welfare of others.
This seems very similar to CO2 to me, except that global warming affects younger people more, and coronavirus primarily affects older people.
It saddens me that our leaders won’t act to prevent a planetary disaster that will that affect their children and all future generations, but are willing many more times the resources on a comparatively minor crisis that will last at most a year.