[pessimizer]

Calling covid "the sniffles" doesn't make you sound reasonable.

[bmeski]

That’s what it is for almost all children

[pgalvin]

Yes, 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]

HN is comprised of tech workers, who dramatically skew younger and vaccinated. These are people for whom covid is very much just the sniffles.