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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"I am young and healthy. I refuse to quarantine".
I have read this response many times on a local Chicago area message board.
My response generally is to ask the writer: "Do you have parents, grandparents, older relatives, relatives with health conditions?"
If they respond and say, yes, I reply that I feel sorry for their relatives.
It is amazing, and depressing, how self-centered and oblivious many Trump voters can be.
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,627 posts)guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)And part of the blame rests with the supposed leader of the country.
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,627 posts)Vinca
(50,273 posts)whatever the heck that is . . . and now the cases are starting to pile up. Young might mean they've got better stamina to fight it, but it sure as hell doesn't mean they're immune and can't land in the ICU or the graveyard.
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)fleur-de-lisa
(14,624 posts)Some of these people may have life-long health issues.
I am not afraid of dying from covid-19. I'm afraid of catching it and surviving.
I've already got enough health problems. I can't take any more.
Clash City Rocker
(3,396 posts)Back when it first hit China, they were reporting lung scarring. One of the first NBA players to get it (Rudy Gobert) recently mentioned that, three months later, he has trouble smelling things. There was a report that it can trigger diabetes. It doesnt have to kill you to ruin your life.
kairos12
(12,862 posts)And never will.