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by ta999999171 2336 days ago
You can outsmart a traffic accident.

Tough for most to outrun/outsmart an epidemic.

Read/watch some of the Twitter whistleblowers.

Govs have no reason to tell everyone the true risks - and every reason to hide them.
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ShorsHammer 2335 days ago
> You can outsmart a traffic accident.

That's absurd considering how many people are unwilling victims of accidents, how exactly would you outsmart it? Never leave home?

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ta999999171 2332 days ago
No, be an above-average professional driver that can predict accidents based on driving behavior.

It's a thing.

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ShorsHammer 2332 days ago
So everyone can simply just be above-average? Given how that is the cognitive bias most widely associated with driving it's a tad ironic.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illusory_superiority

Regardless, let's turn that comment around: could it not similarly apply to hygiene and risk of infection? Just be an above-average smart citizen and you'll be fine, yes?

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