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Re:Super-spreading wedding demonstrates Covid-19 risk posed ... by antientropic on Friday November 13, 2020 @01:54PM (#25085973)
An example of a false dichotomy if ever there was one.

In reality there is a whole continuum of options, such as reducing the number of relatives you visit, or not visiting them at the height of a wave of infections.

And of course "you die anyway a bit later" isn't true, with a vaccine on the way.

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Re:Super-spreading wedding demonstrates Covid-19 risk posed ... by goalieca on Friday November 13, 2020 @02:03PM (#25086060)
To be blunt, people in long term care homes don’t have a long time to live. A couple of years and often under declining health.

> 65% died within 1 year of nursing home admission

> 53% died within 6 months of nursing home admission

https://www.geripal.org/2010/08/length-of-stay-in-nursing-ho...

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