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are y'all really just trying to make yourselves feel better for the risks you're taking?
risks are risks. no amount of media framing or gov't intervention or lack thereof is going to change what the risks are. idk why people are pointing to those things as though they effect what it means to have a large gathering.
your mental health may be very bad right now and i get that but idk i think if the worst happens and it's your last thanksgiving with grandma because she died of covid that might feel worse? what if no one in YOUR family dies but the hairdresser your aunt sees 5 days later does?
does that make it okay because you actually take the risk every day at your retail job? idg the logic that because the world is terrible in a way that makes you suffer that it's ok to do things that put others at risk.
i think people are also conflating the fact that they don't yet have it or have been careful with their entire extended family's ability to be consciously vigilant and not simply be led by habits, which is just how people usually work.
does this mean there are no ways to safely visit family? no, of course there are. unfortunately they're mostly available to people with various privileges of space, or who wfh, or can take the time off. that doesn't mean poor working people don't deserve to see family
it is another way that life is harder and shittier. but i don't understand how that means "that makes the risks ok" considering the possible fallout will actually be significantly worse than a fucked up status quo.
institutional mishandling of such a huge deal doesn't mean we can't make choices to be careful. i don't think it's GOOD to make choices that worsen your poor mental health like not getting to do holidays. if you have to, i just hope you are able to do it in an actually safe way
everyone's flattening this so much and to what end? to feel better about risks you already want to make? the thing is you likely won't know what these decisions lead to in terms of negative outcome, contact tracing isn't great with endemic diseases.
ultimately, the problem with regret is that it only comes *after* the bad things actually happen.
look, all i'm trying to do is describe dynamics and plead for caution and care. that's all a person can do. your decisions are your own to make but the risks get borne by others.
look, all i'm trying to do is describe dynamics and plead for caution and care. that's all a person can do. your decisions are your own to make but the risks get borne by others.
