(03-13-2020 12:37 PM)Brookes Owl Wrote: (03-13-2020 12:10 PM)GoodOwl Wrote: Show me where those at risk at home are tremendously more in danger of dying from this than a multitude of other pathogens, viruses and diseases that they can and do get transmitted to them anyway--I have yet to see such information.
Wow. Have you considered (numeric) risk at all? Look, my parents are 84 and 89 and in ok health but they're really freaking old so every illness takes a bigger toll and is harder to overcome. They've got the expected assortment of health concerns for people their age. Are you trying to tell me that a new virus that is apparently highly contagious, doesn't increase their risk of serious illness or death? BY DEFINITION, a new health risk, even if that risk is lower than existing risks, increases total risk.
5 to one, one to 5, nobody here gets out alive, Brookes. My last one's in her 80's as well, but I'm under no illusion she'll live forever and neither is she. A child dying before a parent: tragic. An elderly person dying after a full life: sad, but part of this mortal coil. So be careful as reasonably you would with, say, the regular flu, a regular cold, or any other number of ailments. But live.
Heck, there may be a new bug tomorrow, newer than this one. An asteroid may bring one to earth, a Star may explode, a tidal wave may come, a drought, a flood, on and on. I just can't be one of those people who lives my life in fear. Courage is fear that's said it's prayers. maybe the lack of courage we see here speaks volumes to our nations move away fro such things?
I mean, I don't like it when the Braves lose, but hey, in the end it's part of the game.
(03-13-2020 12:37 PM)Brookes Owl Wrote: Quote:I think the one thing this exposes more than anything is how poorly too many people take care of themselves. Seems it speaks more to parenting and schooling if anything. The only real effective pill or test for that would seem to be taking individual responsibility not seeking band-aid panic solutions, that's all I'm saying. This is not, as Fred said 'the big one, 'Weezy.'
You've already acknowledged the challenge here. You can't rely on others to keep you or your loved ones from getting sick. This is yelling at clouds.
I'm don't believe I'm "relying" on others to not get me or mine sick--I think perhaps you might be, though. I assume I and my loved ones will get sick from various things from time to time--even this. Eventually they will die of something or another--perhaps this or something else. I don't wish it, I'm not gunning for it, but I'm just not so afraid of it like your post above seems to suggest, and so many others out there are and being ginned up to be right now. That's the part that is just plain ridiculous to me. The overreaction to this is the actual yelling at clouds. Again, that thing about courage is fear that has said it's prayers. I'm not the greatest at that, but I do practice it.
They call it panic, but peace doesn't mean freedom from the storm, it means freedom within the storm. I guess not a lot of folks know that kind of stuff any more. Shame.