[ExI] test case

[William Flynn Wallace]

I understand the reasoning of those who argue they might as well catch
covid now, probably fight it off, develop immunity and get on with their
lives without fear.  People want their lives back.  For some, a life in
isolation is no life at all.

spike

*Extremely likely:  this year will feature the greatest number of people
earning the Darwin Award for dying in a particularly stupid way and helping
to clean out the gene pool.   bill w*

On Sun, Jul 5, 2020 at 11:11 AM spike jones via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

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> From: extropy-chat <extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org> On Behalf Of
> BillK via extropy-chat
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> >...No, Leicester is not a good test case. The whole city went back into
> lockdown because they had a big spike in Covid-19 cases and they are
> currently the worst in the country for infections.
>
> >...Best to watch the rest of the cities in England for varying rates of
> infections. Some were partying much more than others. The police have
> complained that crowds of drunks are ignoring social distancing.
> What a surprise!  :)
>
> >...But certainly reopening businesses has to be done as soon as possible.
> Protect those especially at risk, but most of the population should be
> able to fight off infections, with help if needed.
>
> BillK
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> Cool thanks for that BillK.  I am not up to speed on the details of
> British cities.
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> Crowds of drunks ignoring social distancing: we have crowds of sober
> rioters committing felony larceny and arson.  With that in the background,
> enforcing social distancing recommendations is hopeless.
>
> It is interesting to go back and see who wrote what in about late January
> or early February, when we were hearing of covid for the first time.  There
> were those who predicted correctly that you can delay it, flatten the curve
> so that hospitals can handle the load and so on, but doing so would have
> enormous cost including loss of life from suicide and other social
> pathologies.
>
> I understand the reasoning of those who argue they might as well catch
> covid now, probably fight it off, develop immunity and get on with their
> lives without fear.  People want their lives back.  For some, a life in
> isolation is no life at all.
>
> spike
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