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Originally Posted by sallybowron
""I'm not staying home for your grandmother. She can continue to stay home if she’s high risk, but the rest of us need to get on with our lives." It will not be very long life is she cannot get food, drink and banking. This seems very self-centered to me.   |
Grandma can do everything online. Or if she needs to venture out, the CDC guidelines that she follows should keep her safe. That's what they're for. And she can avoid people that are ignoring the guidelines.
I think the "self-centered" aspect is the other way around, in my opinion. As I said:
Me,
I'm "high risk" myself because I'm over 60 and have a history of asthma. But
I'm not so selfish as to demand the country stay at a standstill just to protect me. I can follow the guidelines and protect myself even with a reopened economy. And I can choose to continue to stay home with or without a reopened economy. The idea of wanting the world to stop just to protect me does not appeal to me in the least.
And worse case scenario, if I follow the guidelines and die from the slight chance of getting Covid-19 anyway, oh well, we all have to go sometime. My family and friends are going to have to get used to the idea of me not being around at some point anyway. At least
my conscience will be clear that I didn't ask the world to stop for me and cause people to lose their jobs and businesses.
I take a risk getting behind the wheel of a car. I risk being hospitalized or dying by taking over the counter medications as directed.
I'm willing to take a risk with this virus if it means getting our freedom back.