> you could have no symptoms at all. you could die. you could suffer serious cognitive effects which eliminate your ability to work, read books, or even watch TV. you could get sick and stay sick for the rest of your life. we don't know the exact duration of long covid, but there are plenty of people who got sick in early 2020 and haven't gotten better yet.
Why just apply this to covid? 45,000 people a year in the US die when they get behind of a wheel of a car every year. Does that number need to be zero to be an acceptable level of risk.
at our current covid death rate, that 45K people happens about every 10 to 15 days. call it two weeks for simplicity's sake.
that 45K is also the most popular argument in favor of self-driving cars.
but none of this has ANYTHING TO DO with the argument I made, which is that the grandparent's estimate of a worst-case scenario was just wildly inaccurate.
> at our current covid death rate, that 45K people happens about every 10 to 15 days. call it two weeks for simplicity's sake.
Your math is wrong, 45 /1.5 = 30
But so what? 8,000 people tragically die a day in the US under accepted normal conditions and we move on.
> none of this has ANYTHING TO DO with the argument I made, which is that the grandparent's estimate of a worst-case scenario was just wildly inaccurate
Realistically if you are young, healthy, and vaccinated that is the worst case scenario.
> at our current covid death rate, that 45K people happens about every 10 to 15 days. call it two weeks for simplicity's sake.
I think your numbers may be a tad off in general, but regardless, I'm pretty sure you're including unvaccinated adults. While I absolutely don't want anyone to die, I don't feel a responsibility to protect people who aren't willing to take the most basic of steps to protect themselves.
Why just apply this to covid? 45,000 people a year in the US die when they get behind of a wheel of a car every year. Does that number need to be zero to be an acceptable level of risk.