Covid and the Parable of the Drowning Man

[Wildswanderer]

So you acknowledge that risk is about probability of negative
consequences now, eh.
BTW, a less than 1% chance of dying is significant.

When did I say different?
Pretty sure I've done lots of things that had a higher than 1 percent chance of death in my life. But that 1 percent isn't really under my control with covid short of being a hermit... it's inevitable that I would be exposed and in fact already have been.

 

[Revoltingest]

When did I say different?
Pretty sure I've done lots of things that had a higher than 1 percent chance of death in my life. But that 1 percent isn't really under my control with covid short of being a hermit... it's inevitable that I would be exposed and in fact already have been.

It sounds like you're lucky to be alive.
(quantity of those many things) x (1-.01) = survival probability

 

[Wildswanderer]

It sounds like you're lucky to be alive.
(quantity of those many things) x (1-.01) = survival probability

I'm not lucky, I'm fortunate.
If you never take risks in life, you won't do much real living.

 

[Revoltingest]

I'm not lucky, I'm fortunate.
If you never take risks in life, you won't do much real living.

I favor taking reasonable risks.
They tend to have better results than reckless ones.

 

[Wildswanderer]

I favor taking reasonable risks.
They tend to have better results than reckless ones.

Then we agree.

 

[sun rise]

If you never take risks in life, you won't do much real living.

Everything involves a risk. The food I eat might be poisonous. If I take a step, I might trip and fall.

Taking unneeded risks for no real reward and out of ignorance is not the same thing.

 

[Wildswanderer]

Everything involves a risk. The food I eat might be poisonous. If I take a step, I might trip and fall.

Taking unneeded risks for no real reward and out of ignorance is not the same thing.

Who said there's no reward?
Of course we take risks because the reward is worth it for us.

 

[sun rise]

Who said there's no reward?
Of course we take risks because the reward is worth it for us.

Reward for turning your back on God's bounty and paying head to lying politicians who are leading people astray out of lust for power and to satisfy their greed for money? Reward for getting sick, causing anguish and misery on medical people in hospitals who are overwhelmed? Reward for causing people who have other critical issues such as heart attacks to have to wait for hours in an ER corridor to get a hospital bed (real event)? Reward for siding with those terrorizing medical professionals and scientists who are doing their best to help overcome the pandemic?

 

[Wildswanderer]

Reward for turning your back on God's bounty and paying head to lying politicians who are leading people astray out of lust for power and to satisfy their greed for money? Reward for getting sick, causing anguish and misery on medical people in hospitals who are overwhelmed? Reward for causing people who have other critical issues such as heart attacks to have to wait for hours in an ER corridor to get a hospital bed (real event)? Reward for siding with those terrorizing medical professionals and scientists who are doing their best to help overcome the pandemic?

I have no idea where you got such a warped view of the unvaccinated, but it's disturbing. If you talked about any other group of people in that way, we would call you a bigot.

 

[Wildswanderer]

Everything involves a risk. The food I eat might be poisonous. If I take a step, I might trip and fall.

Taking unneeded risks for no real reward and out of ignorance is not the same thing.

Does the mountain climber "need" to climb a mountain? Not really. Are there rewards from doing so and being successful? Of course.
Do I need to go deer hunting for my meat when I could buy food at the store? No, but despite the intense amount of work there is in harvesting and preparing your own food, it's very rewarding.
What you believe is too much risk is irrelevant to others.

 

[metis]

Getting the vaccine is pro-life-- not getting it is pro-death because it puts self and others at a totally unnecessary risk.

Pro-life or pro-death-- choose one.