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Originally Posted by B767drvr
A discussion on morals: Is it your neighbor's responsibility to keep you safe/healthy?
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Let me pose a thought experiment for you.
Suppose your best friend has asthma or COPD and has been pretty religious about staying away from people and staying safe because people with lung disease are the most likely to die from the disease. But, you're bored and miss your friend, so you call and ask if you can come over. Your friend says that it wouldn't be a good idea, but you keep pushing and your friend finally relents. You come over and you have a few drinks, laugh a lot and have a great time. Your friend goes back to the solitary life, but the next day you start noticing the C-19 symptoms. But, you're healthy and although you feel poorly you get over it. Your friend comes down with it a week or two later and eventually dies in the hospital due to lung failure.
Tell me. Do you feel sorry for your best friend, who had just retired and was finally getting to live the good life and for all the others who lost someone they cared a lot about? Could you live with yourself for being so selfish and being directly responsible for your friend's death?
Or, would you just be bummed because you no longer have a best friend and you're lonely now? My guess is that the latter is the case because you come across as the kind of person who thinks only of yourself.