re: #290 Hecuba’s daughter

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Just one Danger’s opinion:
We ARE and have been at ‘unacceptable risk’ for a while.
A ‘holiday’ doesn’t change the actual risk, only people’s emotional calculus and willingness to rationalize the risk into something they think is worth it.
You know what: The virus doesn’t care and doesn’t fight fair.

I periodically bring out this PSA

the virus is spreading
it will continue to for a very long time.
it’s not stopped, it is not controlled.

Nothing has changed:
Actually one thing has changed: The more people with it, the more people walking around with it, the greater the chance you may get it.
And
Anyone can get it
Anyone can survive it
Anyone can die from it
Anyone who survives can experience nasty medical side effects that create a permanent pre-existing condition

doesn’t matter where you live, who your parents are, how much money you got, where you went or go to school, what your job is, your politics, gender, race, color, age, vegan or gluten status, how ‘in shape you are’, what your favorite tv show is, what the #1 movie was the year you turned 18…

People are going to continue to die from this.
People are going to continue to needlessly die from this.

Don’t be one of them
Do not personally sacrifice to this carnage.
Do not accept or promote this carnage as some kind of perverse new normal.

Let the idiots do what they want.

Your number one objective is to keep you and your people alive.
Be prudent and protect yourselves!

Work outside your home if you have to.
Do it smart, even if your boss / employer won’t.
And if you can’t, consider whether your job is worth your life (it isn’t).

Follow the safety measures you know work: wear a mask, wash your hands - sanitizer when you cant / until you can, avoid people, keep your distance when you can’t, limit interactions with the public, etc., etc.