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Originally Posted by chemgear
Or the view that people who were sick/at risk are just old with pre-existing conditions, basically write them off as just about to die regardless of COVID. "Oh well."
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My dad felt that way early on, but after a frank conversation with me he changed his mind pretty quick. His opinion was, roughly, "If the virus disproportionately affects old people and people with pre-existing conditions that make them more susceptible to infection and/or bad reactions, why don't we shut away all the old folks and other health-compromised folks while we let it rip through the otherwise healthy population?"
I reminded him, "Okay, that said, you're in your sixties, right?"
"Yes."
"Diabetic."
"Yes..."
"Which makes you immunocompromised. Congrats dad:
you are one of the old, sickly people we'd lock away."