[xnyan]

>A bit melodramatic

It might seem so, but I'd say it's accurate, for exmaple:

“Their last dying words are, ‘This can’t be happening. It’s not real,’” Doering said, adding that some patients prefer to believe that they have pneumonia or other diseases rather than covid-19, despite seeing their positive test results.[1]

[1]: https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/11/16/south-dakot...

[mixmastamyk]

It sounds harsh, but people die every day, many because of their own negligence. We can warn them ahead of time the best we can, but that's about it.

Keep in mind the general urge to call them morons has the opposite effect. Not saying anyone in the thread specifically has done that, but melodrama/hand-wringing is in the neighborhood.