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Originally Posted by Scott O
COVID-19 has a survival rate of 99.99% for those under the age of 40. Even people over the age of 60 who aren’t residents of nursing homes have a survival rate of 98.29%, yet residents in many areas are now told, in great detail, how they can and cannot celebrate their holidays
Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, loneliness had reached epidemic levels. In 2018, 54% of American adults over the age of 18 reported feeling lonely. By January 2020, it was 61% and now, nine months into the pandemic, we’ve reached 66%
Loneliness isn’t relegated to the elderly. In the 18 to 34 age group, 75% report feeling socially isolated, compared to 61% of those over 50. Among those aged 18 to 34, 19% say they’ve gone as long as two to three months without interacting with another person
10% of 35- to 49-year-olds, 9% of 18- to 34-year-olds and 7% of those over 50 say they’ve not interacted with anyone outside their household or workplace since the pandemic began
If safety requires us to indefinitely forfeit the most valuable parts of our lives, what exactly are we trying to save?
PLEASE THINK LONG AND HARD ABOUT WHAT IS IMPORTANT!! FOR THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN WRAPPED IN FEAR, THERE IS REALISTIC STATISTICS....LIFE WITHOUT HUMAN INTERACTION IS VERY DEPRESSING! SHUT THE TV OFF, LIVE YOR LIFE!
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As a person that came from a region of Europe under war as a child I can tell you that loneliness is a luxury we allow ourselves. Many, many people in the world pray that their biggest problem would be loneliness.
I understand that here in North America this can be a real problem. But so much of it is actually culturally induced and in ones’ head. Socialize, socialize etc as if we were pack animals. No, we are not, that is why some people become monks. I am not talking about the clinically depressed but the “bored” people who are looking for someone else to entertain them all the time. I feel strongly for them particularly when they are helpless and need people to do things for them. But not for the run of the mill healthy “bored” individual.