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by discordance 1566 days ago
The elderly, people with health conditions and their carers can’t take such liberties.

It’s a shame how easily we overlook and disregard swathes of people.

2 comments

A lot of older people also have settled down, have bigger flats or houses and aren't so badly affected as young people. Having to do with kids a lot my experience has been, that the last two years have been brutal for those in puberty e.g. The people between 12 and 30 really have been, and you will find this to be statistically evaluated, hit the hardest in terms of mental health issues on average. So from their viewpoint it is imho a valid question to ask how much they sould be willing to hold back anymore and ignore the things that are important in the lives of the young.
These people have always been more vulnerable to diseases and less likely to survive them. COVID changes nothing.
Increasing mortality rates through additional threats certainly does change your life expectancy.
so do you think we should get rid of safety warnings on products and product recalls? I mean kids and elderly people are more vulnerable to them and according to your logic, these warnings and recalls will do nothing.