Ditto_the_Deceiver t1_j2dbo9a wrote on December 31, 2022 at 12:01 PM

Reply to comment by Cal__Trask in New COVID Subvariant Now Accounts For Half Of All Massachusetts Cases by LoeschTwins

Millions of people have died from it globally. Just because your case was mild doesn’t mean it’s nothing to worry about. We shouldn’t all be locking ourselves in our homes again, but Covid itself is still dangerous.

Cal__Trask t1_j2dr4ca wrote on December 31, 2022 at 2:36 PM

While it's true millions have died globally (in a world of almost 8 billion people), that's an appeal to emotion without context, because if you put it in context it's not concerning and I am not "lucky" as the last person was saying.

Context: I'm a fit 39 year old man. For my age range, total us deaths are 19,224. Out of around 45 million people in said age range. This gives a death rate around .4 percent. Further that's not factoring in vaccinations which the CDC estimates reduces omicron hospitalization risk by a FURTHER 90 percent.

There is no such thing as a risk free life, if a disease with a .4 percent chance of death is "dangerous", you might want to reexamine your tolerance for risk.

Edit: clarity

Ditto_the_Deceiver t1_j2eoucl wrote on December 31, 2022 at 6:33 PM

Is that 45 million pool you’re using confirmed infections in your age range? Or just total population in that age range? If it’s total population it’s not really relevant.

And you’re view is incredibly self centered. Even if the .4% number is the correct number to go by that isn’t the whole picture. How many people will you come in contact with in the few days before you’re symptomatic but are still potentially contagious? Do they all have the same low risk? “They have to make decisions according to their own risk”. Ok, what if they have to go pick up food or medication and happen to come in contact with someone contagious who is out without a mask because “lol 0.4%” or “muh freedoms”.

I’m not saying you go out and cough on elderly or unwell portions of our population. I don’t know anything about you. But the “0.4%” (or similar figure) argument is usually what I hear from the anti-mask crowd and it drives me insane. Im also low risk, but if taking simple precautions can help those around me without greatly inconveniencing me why wouldn’t I do it?

Cal__Trask t1_j2esdd8 wrote on December 31, 2022 at 6:57 PM

The .4 percent is actually the higher of the two numbers I found, the other number of 30-39 was .2 percent, but considering that I'm at the top of that range I chose to take the higher of the two numbers, which is still miniscule.

As far as other people: yes, adults get to make their own decisions for their own health. That's not a radical concept but a normal part of free society, but you people seem to have a deep disdain of the ideas of personal, assessment and choice. If you are really concerned about COVID, wear an N95 everywhere you go for the rest of time, it's really no concern of mine if you do, what is a concern is when you try to force your cowardice on other people. If you choose not to, it's an assumption of the risk, the same way that I assume the risk of heart disease when I have a greasy burger or I assume the risk of an accident when I get behind the wheel.

Honestly you sound like a hypochondriac who is trying to mask their hypochondria with fake virtue.

Edit: it's also worth noting that the .4 percent death rate is since the begining of the pandemic so is not entirely accounting for vaccinated people, as there were many casualties before the vaccines, so that rate is likely high for vaccinated people considering the CDC says it reduces you death chances by approximately 90 percent.