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It seems to me rather more selfish and myopic to shut down all of society over one's personal fear of the sniffles.
by cltby 5y ago
It seems to me rather more selfish and myopic to shut down all of society over one's personal fear of the sniffles.
- pessimizer 5y agoCalling covid "the sniffles" doesn't make you sound reasonable.
- bmeski 5y agoThat’s what it is for almost all children
- pgalvin 5y agoYes, but HN isn’t made up of children. The vast majority of people here are adults, a population in which Covid-19 is a risk for a large proportion. People aren’t talking about children and saying “you’re afraid of the sniffles* (* is only sniffles for children)” is disingenuous.
- cltby 5y agoHN is comprised of tech workers, who dramatically skew younger and vaccinated. These are people for whom covid is very much just the sniffles.
- smus 5y agoThe classic sniffles that kills millions a year that we all know and love, right