That said, obviously economic distress, depression and other factors are taking years off of people's lives too, any reasonable viewpoint must accept some level of tradeoff here.
That said, obviously economic distress, depression and other factors are taking years off of people's lives too, any reasonable viewpoint must accept some level of tradeoff here.
Humans are REALLY bad at responding to highly unlikely events.
We see this in the pandemic: Someone MIGHT die -> respond out of fear
I will CERTAINLY not die -> push for "freedom"
We saw this with past calamities: twin towers -> hunt down the terrorists
Great Recession (and Great Depression). Even personal trauma has an impact (personal job loss or a friend with cancer).
I, personally, advocate for COMPASSION as I see people on both sides of the pandemic get buffeted back and forth by their emotions. Acknowledge that they are in a hard spot; they are gripped by fear, guilt, loneliness. People from every background are getting ripped up because of the uncertainty of how to respond to the pandemic.
So I ask all of HN: The next time you see someone with a "crazy" opinion of the pandemic, be patient and show them love. Their life is probably hard enough, and they might need a friend.
Sadly this is getting rarer every day. Nobody wants to show anybody else compassion, and people of every background are guilty of this.