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As the pandemic grinds on, I'm noticing a tendency for (otherwise rational) folks to use moral shorthand in their thinking about the spread of COVID. This goes two ways:
(1) Assuming close contact with people in your in-group is low risk because they are 'good people', not based on facts re: their actual exposure levels, the prevalence of COVID in your community, etc.
(2) Judging others who have become infected, blaming and drawing conclusions about their behavior with incomplete information. This is obviously uncharitable and not what we need as a society to get through this.
I get it: COVID has added an exhausting additional layer of risk analysis to our day to day lives and it's human nature to try to reduce this mental load with shortcuts. It's easier and safer to use science-based rules of thumb than moral judgement.
The virus is amoral. It follows the laws of physics, biology, and statistics and so should we when making decisions about it.
Here's an example of shorthand we can all use: https://twitter.com/FwdTogether/status/1321534757331763211?s=19
By the way I am not commenting here on moral judgement for, e. g., hosts of illegal large indoor events that lead to outbreaks, or people who knowingly put others at risk. That's a whole different conversation! 
