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by yetihehe 1739 days ago
Again, it's not THAT contagious. Aids doesn't spread through air or simple touch. And those with aids still can use condoms (for sex) or handlers can use gloves (when hiv patient has wounds).

The main problem with covid is the tempo it spreads. Covid symptoms are not that bad, most of victims survive, but because it spreads so fast, that ~5 percent of hard cases can overwhelm a country. THAT is the problem, but almost no one adresses it in comments on forums, instead they give comparisons to other diseases which have completely other problems.
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tekknik 1739 days ago
> Again, it's not THAT contagious.

It's very contagious if you come in contact with certain bodily fluids. ORs, and traditional rooms in hospitals are sterilized with bleach after a stay from an HIV positive patient. There's even plenty of stories of Dr's and surgeons contracting it when they've slipped with a scalpel or needle.

Further are you 100% confident people are not bleeding on shared surfaces and that other people do not come in contact with this? In SF I once saw a woman slip in a homeless person's urine, with her hitting the sidewalk and breaking skin with her arm in the urine. Wanna play guess the disease there?

> The main problem with covid is the tempo it spreads.

Great so self isolate since you're scared. In fact I see most of the problem being with the vaccinated thinking they're totally safe, and not using a mask. They still get the virus, still spread it, and yet they think they're not the problem.

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yetihehe 1738 days ago
> It's very contagious if you come in contact with certain bodily fluids

Yeah, IF you come in contact with certain bodily fluids. We don't do that everyday, but we do it everyday with airborne diseases when breathing. So, it's not THAT contagious. I've heard stories of doctors being infected when trying to help some junkie who started being aggressive.

> Further are you 100% confident people are not bleeding on shared surfaces and that other people do not come in contact with this?

I've seen such occurence maybe once every several years where I live. Typically it's because of some acident and it's cleaned in reasonable time.

> In SF I once saw a woman slip in a homeless person's urine

We don't shit on sidewalks, homeless here are a very rare sight, I don't remember seeing one since at least a month.

> Great so self isolate since you're scared.

I'm not scared, I'm vaccinated and still use mask. I'm currently self-isolating because I've got some mild cough and don't want to spread whatever I have, I've cancelled todays dinner with remote (other country) coworker who I would see live first time since a year, but that could mean spreading some flu to him and others in restaurant.

> In fact I see most of the problem being with the vaccinated thinking they're totally safe, and not using a mask.

I'm 100% with you about this. They should isolate more. Now, what was your argument again?

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tekknik 1736 days ago
> Yeah, IF you come in contact with certain bodily fluids. We don't do that everyday

Did I not just give an example of this? Maybe not for you, but for some people it is very much possible to come into contact with these body fluids on a daily basis, if not multiple times a day.

> I've seen such occurence maybe once every several years where I live.

You can see droplets of blood? What's your vision like? Are you also aware blood can be in coughs?

> We don't shit on sidewalks, homeless here are a very rare sight, I don't remember seeing one since at least a month.

Again, just your location.

> I'm not scared

If you're not scared you wouldn't be here arguing anything about COVID atm.

> I'm 100% with you about this.

Great! Something we can agree on.

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