MediocreAtJokes

Yeah but I bet you were just a liiiittle pissed at her.

For curiosity's sake only did she just miss the lyric, or not think it was a big deal?

The problem is it’s not just the most vulnerable 1% at risk of dying. In the United States, about 37% of people have a higher risk of serious illness (I can’t find UK numbers at the moment). That doesn’t include people who may not know that they have a risk factor because their condition is undiagnosed. Not all of those people will get sick or severely sick, but there’s also people without any risk factors who will get severely sick. From a numbers point of view, at a certain point we don’t have enough medical care or equipment available to save people who would, under ordinary circumstances, make a full recovery.

This also doesn’t take into account the people who need to use our medical system for other reasons, who may die because they cannot access the same level of care that they normally would because of the high volume of highly contagious covid patients. For example, I know someone very recently diagnosed with a cancerous tumor— it is operable, hasn’t metastasized, and is in a “good” spot. They were scheduled to have it removed in March, but the surgery has been postponed because it is not “critical/life-threatening” at this time. But it’s cancer— by the time they are not “fine” anymore it may very well be too late. Early detection and intervention is key for cancer and many other illnesses, and it won’t be possible if covid is consuming all our resources and putting other patients in danger.

I understand what you are trying to ask about (needs of the many vs needs of the very few), which I don’t think is inherently a bad question to ask— but the premise of your logic for this version of the question is incorrect. The reality is more like “the moderate-to-significant economic and quality of life impact to the majority vs the not insignificant minority who will experience either the devastating and permanent impact of dying or the death of someone they love, and the surrounding sphere of trauma including friends families healthcare providers and more (plus people a lot of people sick and dying are bad for the economy too, if that factors in for anyone).”

I want to add that, in the US at least, the majority of people are actually worried that we will lift restrictions too soon.

We are all having to sacrifice right now, and if people won’t do it for OP, and won’t do it for themselves, they should at least do it for the people they love. Because if we don’t do it now, none of us will escape unscathed, and many won’t escape at all.

I didn’t know this for like 28 years of my life and it was such a game changer, especially because I live alone. It was always “well, I want some bread this week but $3 for four slices seems a bit much...”