Re:Secret gyms and the economics of prohibition
by TeMPOraL on Thursday August 20, 2020 @02:31PM
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It's not about you. It's about everyone else you come in contact with.
The primary problem with this disease is the asymptomatic spread.
Re:Secret gyms and the economics of prohibition
by centimeter on Thursday August 20, 2020 @05:40PM
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Did you miss the part where I said "risk analysis of the health effects of the virus on myself and people I care about"?
I've included everyone I come into contact with. The risk to them is insufficient to justify me becoming a hermit. If they have a vastly different risk profile from me, they'll become a hermit of their own accord and I don't have to worry about them catching it from me.
> The primary problem with this disease is the asymptomatic spread.
If that's the "primary problem", then it's probably not something to worry about, don't you think?
If a single-basis-point-scale increase in annual death rates is enough to make you “stay home”, you should never go outside in the first place.
On expectation, my marginal increase in risk of death from depression from becoming a shut-in is higher than the marginal increase in risk of death from contracting covid.