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Originally Posted by GullFoss
My cousin is an ICU doctor in London and he has been sleeping at a hotel since March as he is dealing one-on-one with Covid patients and because his parents are old (he's not worried about infecting his kids, but his parents babysit his kids while he's doing his 18 hour shifts). To me, that's a hero. He ran the odds and recognizes a real risk (his parents are in their 80s and each are at a 10%-33% chance of dying if infected). He's making a real sacrifice for his society by basically being separated from his family full time for months. And he runs the risk of infection himself every day. He's sacrificing for society at large.
Other people are also sacrificing by taking risks. People in meatpacking plants, uber drivers, front line grocery store workers, people in restaurants. It's everyone's job to minimize their risk of infection, while still trying to serve each other. Everyone should be washing their hands, adhere to social distancing and wear a mask. But everyone who can, should still endeavor to find a way to do their job. That's our society. It's service and sacrifice for each other.
Now I compare that to Hamonic and I don't get the love. He would be separated from his family, so they run no risk of infection from him. He gets tested daily and could quarantine for 14 days after his playoff run is over. If he or anyone in his family gets COVID, they're going to be dependent on medical staff risking the lives of themselves and their family to help them. All the food he's eating and stuff he's consuming comes from people who are taking COVID risks. Yet, he's not willing to take what I would consider a negligible risk decision because of his perception of risk.
I respect Hamonics right to make his decision. I don't respect his decision. I honestly wouldn't be surprised if he doesn't play another NHL game.
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Way to strawman the whole conversation. Who in this thread called Hamonic a hero? People respect his decision because he's thinking what's best for his kids and for his family. So you don't respect the decision of a person who decides to not go into work at a meat plant to minimize the risk to their family?
It just blows my mind how selfish some people here are. Like they are entitled to hockey, and players should all just go in for their entertainment. Way to be a compassionate individual.