LOL! people will do what they believe, as we all have different concepts of risk and levels of risk tolerance. To think that a very infectious airborne virus for which there is questionable human protection, is going to be stopped by information and voluntary adoption of protective gear, is a little bit too hopeful. CoachK, my wife, counts the dead and reviews them on a daily basis for proper systemic reporting and regulatory reporting. After telling one person while golfing, the person commented that "so it isn't a hoax then." This response is from a low information person. I witnessed another person who got very offended when a long time friend wore a mask in her presence. Again, mis placed attribution and risk assessment instead of assigning personal responsibility for the choice. People who don't wear masks over their noses, from which most of the air is exhaled indoors, is low information or darwin poor risk assessor.
We are on our second week here, getting warranty work done, and making a few improvements. We are leaving sooner to go back to a state with more healthcare availability in case we make a mistake in our risk assessment. In case we do get the virus, we want sufficient health care availability to avoid the risk of having an insufficient health care system, which may mean NO healthcare at all.
Risk comes in many forms, not all the same, some directly related, some not directly related. Good luck to everyone, low or high information, because the virus does not discriminate. But just remember a few statistics:
As the virus spreads, the median and average age of the infected will approach the median and average age of the surrounding population. The fact that the most vulnerable got hit first was a natural easy target for the virus. The death rate from the virus is actually higher than reported, because deaths from virus induced blood clot related heart attacks and strokes may not be properly attributed because of incomplete information, and traditional reporting. People have gone to hospitals, tested positive, showed no signs of distress and subsequently found dead at home. A hospital may not report that death as virus related as it was not at the hospital, and up to the medical examiner to assign a cause of death. So the stats are better than rumors, but don't be mislead that the stats are perfect. You can still end up dead with stats on your side for survival, you just misjudged your own personal risk.
good luck all
sportsguy
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