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Comment by gernb | Hacker News Reader

You can't post like this here, regardless of how wrong someone is or you feel they are.

I actually just banned you for this because the post was so shocking and abusive. However, after looking quickly at your comment history, it's clear that the overwhelming majority of your contributions have been positive, so I undid the ban. Thanks for being a good user, and please just don't do this again.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

If it makes you feel better, the majority of people dying of COVID now are actually vaccinated. So at least you can stop splitting people into in-groups and out-groups to wish death upon.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/11/23/vaccinate...

While I understand the sentiment of saying that a purely individual perspective is egregious, selfish, myopic and inappropriate for a situation in which individual selfishness can cause extensive social harm, it's not a good look to tell people that you hope their loved ones die.

I don't hope their loved ones die, I hope they become better.

I’m not coming from an “individual perspective.” I wore masks the whole time because I’m an obedient Asian who will do whatever social convention requires. But now the prevailing social consensus is to not wear masks, and I think that’s correct.

It’s anti-social to not wear a mask when society has decided to do so. But it’s perfectly fine for society to decide to prioritize normal interactions over safety and abandon the social convention of masking.

>It’s anti-social to not wear a mask when society has decided to do so.

Sure, because the efficacity of mask usage increases with adoption. The logic works in one direction, though, not both.

>I’m not going to go around wearing a mask all the time to avoid a couple of days of cold symptoms every other year.

This is the point I was referring to. Would you wear a mask if you had a cold and doing so could prevent other people from getting your infection? If other people wearing a mask while symptomatic could save you months of healthy time over the course of your life, would you reciprocate in turn? More importantly, if evidence was provided that the risks to mitigate were significantly worse than 'cold symptoms' would your calculus change?

Please consider seeking the help of mental health counseling both for your own sake and for those close to you.

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