Originally Posted by
Zeeb
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.
Agreed. This is the nature of the problem - on one hand, our risk assesment affects others, but on the other hand, there is no universal risk assesment accepted by everyone. Therefore, some people feel being put at risk by others, while others feel being unreasonably restricted in their lives. This is what creates the tension in the society.
Maybe it's not a popular thing to say in present-day society but there is no right or wrong. Just like you may be afraid of Covid, other people have their own fears, problems and disseases. What protects you may hurt someone else.
It's funny that people who expect everyone to adopt their fears, while they themselves are oblivious to the health of others and show complete lack of empathy for problems other than catching Covid, continue to claim some kind of a moral high ground and keep calling others selfish. Not to mention ridiculous claims that "people like me" kill thousands of people when I literally had close contact with two people in the last 6 weeks.
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