[zwkrt]

> getting sick is not worth having a friend

Everyone has their own risk analysis. My analysis is that this is totally out of whack. Covid will be around longer than you’ll be alive. Make a friend it won’t kill you.

What really gets me though I know people with your level of risk aversion* who force their developing kids into lockdown. I think the cohort born ~2014-2018 are really gonna be an odd bunch.

* partial risk aversion. The risk of social isolation is not taken into account and weighed against.

[gg82]

I think people totally don't understand the risk analysis here. I think getting covid is absolutely worth getting covid for most people. The health benefits of having friends is not being taken into account at all... ie mental health, exercise, life experiences, someone to help you when you need it, etc.

[TranquilMarmot]

I acknowledge that my mental health is suffering because of COVID precautions I am taking. I still get plenty of exercise- more than I did pre-pandemic because I had to force some healthy physical habits on myself while working from home.

[SamoyedFurFluff]

I think you skipped over “to me” before your quoted text. This tells me they might have some personal reason for their aversion besides aversion itself that makes total sense. Maybe they are a diabetic, cancer survivor, organ donor recipient, or have some other immune-related condition. I’m not a particularly social person and I know plenty of friends I haven’t been able to see without extra precautions because of this. Collectively the number of folks who are vulnerable to Covid from a pre-existing condition is a fairly significant size of the population. Maybe consider this?

[goldenchrome]

The elephant in the room is that many people are vulnerable because they suffer from obesity. One third of the population is obese and another one third is overweight. That’s two thirds of the population who could be significantly healthier if they shed their weight.

I feel that as a society we have moved on from solving that problem and we now treat it as a cost of living, but it’s an enormous dead weight on society.

We all look around for every little thing we can do to reduce our risk of getting sick but we’re collectively unable to eat less. It’s like bandaging up someone who got hit by a train.

[TranquilMarmot]

This comment is very out of left field. Are you calling me fat? Hahaha

[goldenchrome]

> Maybe they are a diabetic, cancer survivor, organ donor recipient, or have some other immune-related condition.

For most people who have weakened immune systems, they don’t have some rare disease. They’re just fat. That’s the state of the developed word right now.

[TranquilMarmot]

Thank you. People do no know everybody's situation, and those who come in here saying things like "COVID isn't a big deal" do not know everybody's story.

[TranquilMarmot]

I am thankful I do not have young children right now. I don't know what I would do!

I am taking the risk of social isolation into account- that is why I say "even though it is wrecking my mental health". It is something I am very aware of.