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Re:Hurt by Lockdowns, California’s Small Businesses Push to ... by aantix on Sunday February 21, 2021 @03:09PM (#26216659)
Risk assessment is ultimately the individual’s choice.

You may have had a point in the beginning when so much was unknown about the virus. How it spreads. Who it affects.

But distributions are much clearer now.

If you’re part of the vulnerable cohorts stay home, cleanse everything from the outside. That’s your safe choice.

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Re:Hurt by Lockdowns, California’s Small Businesses Push to ... by underwater on Sunday February 21, 2021 @03:25PM (#26216824)
A person who makes risky decisions is putting their own health and the health of everyone around them at risk. It's not a personal decision. We're 12 months into this thing, I thought that was well understood?
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Re:Hurt by Lockdowns, California’s Small Businesses Push to ... by throwaway3699 on Sunday February 21, 2021 @03:36PM (#26216920)
I go along with the lockdown policy only out of a sense of duty to my community, but ultimately I can protect myself alone. That being said, eventually people are going to decide they want their lives back if this isn't improving.
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Re:Hurt by Lockdowns, California’s Small Businesses Push to ... by xorencrypted on Sunday February 21, 2021 @04:21PM (#26217329)
Your analysis is not symmetric. If you're making a decision on what level of risk you're ok with, that is (by definition) in relation to other people also making similar calculations
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Re:Hurt by Lockdowns, California’s Small Businesses Push to ... by dageshi on Sunday February 21, 2021 @03:25PM (#26216819)
I thought the point of the lockdowns was to prevent hospitals being overwhelmed?

Has that problem gone away?

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Re:Hurt by Lockdowns, California’s Small Businesses Push to ... by ceilingcorner on Sunday February 21, 2021 @03:31PM (#26216873)
Two weeks to flatten the curve. Remember that one?
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Re:Hurt by Lockdowns, California’s Small Businesses Push to ... by throw0101a on Sunday February 21, 2021 @03:42PM (#26216971)
It was flattened. Then it skyrocketed again.
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Re:Hurt by Lockdowns, California’s Small Businesses Push to ... by mStreamTeam on Sunday February 21, 2021 @03:41PM (#26216965)
"Two weeks to flatten the curve" feels like gaslighting in retrospect
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