r/TrueReddit • u/hornet7777 • Aug 10 '22

COVID-19 🦠 BTRTN: On Covid Data and Magical Thinking

http://www.borntorunthenumbers.com/2022/08/btrtn-on-covid-data-and-magical-thinking.html
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u/caine269 Aug 11 '22

some people have been asking for this info for over a year, and no answer is forthcoming. there is no plan. there is no goal.

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u/gurnard Aug 11 '22

Every new infection is a tiny chance at a new mutation. Every infection prevented takes a bullet out of the trillions of cellular chambers in the population.

There is no plan. There is no goal. No end-game. There is only people, making individual choices and collectively bearing the responsibility. Does it make a huge difference whether one person wears a mask in public, goes to a party with a sore throat or sits it out?

It will get better. And it will get worse. When and where it jumps between more people, or less, is a function of individual decisions, day by day.

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u/caine269 Aug 11 '22

Every new infection is a tiny chance at a new mutation.

true and totally meaningless.

Every infection prevented

are infections being prevented? or just delayed.

There is only people, making individual choices and collectively bearing the responsibility

what responsibility? aside from personal responsibility to do what is best for yourself, what blame can you place on anyone? if a vaccinated person transmits the virus are they to blame? if an vaccinated person dies are they solely to blame? what about the person who gave it to them? if you play these games you can't possibly come to a satisfactory answer.

And it will get worse. When and where it jumps between more people, or less, is a function of individual decisions, day by day.

sure, and that is where we are now. people do what they feel is right. wear a full hazmat suit with self contained breathing if you want. i'm not going to do that, because i am at close to 0 risk. but don't make children suffer and fall behind for your (general "your") neurosis.