Originally Posted by
the810
They are. It became far too common for people to think that if someone's disagrees with them, it can only be because the person doesn't understand the problem. That's not the case.
The real issue is that different people have different levels of risk aversion - and on top of that, some activities may be more important for some people than they are for others. Even with the same input and same understanding of data, some people will think the best option is to hide in a cave for two years, while others believe we need to accept the risk and go back to 2019-like life. And then there's everything in between.
One of the most social people I know these days is a doctor who actually used to work at the "Covid wing" during the peak hospitalisation level at their hospital (he was reassigned from another department due to shortage of staff). Hardly a person who doesn't understand the problem.
It's contagious. "Risk aversion" applies if you're talking about going mountain biking or something. If your coworker goes skydiving and breaks their leg then it doesn't put you at high risk of breaking your leg. I'm tired of selfish people like yourself refusing to accept their responsibility as a member of the community. People are dieing by the thousands because of you and people like you.