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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsLet's play "would you rather?"
My son just mentioned something I hadn't previously considered...
He works in the restaurant business as a kitchen manager, and, needless to say, business is awful.
So, fearful for his job, this is what he just said to me:
"I'd rather be infected with the coronavirus than to lose my job for two or three months".
Would you rather?
handmade34
(22,755 posts)job if he were infected
get your point but perspective is everything
MAD Dave
(204 posts)Id rather the sick and infirmed get the care they need without the risk of dying from a pandemic virus.
This isnt about individuals anymore. Its about preserving the medical system in order to prevent a mass death event.
RockRaven
(14,784 posts)The economic pain -- and it is vast -- does not correlate with death risk -- which is also vast -- across most demographics. That is something competent state and federal administrations would be grappling with. Unfortunately we definitely do not have the latter, and the former is hit-and-miss depending on where you live.
But to answer your question, both options generate a sickening feeling of anxiety. Given that I've got a lot of relatives in the more-vulnerable category, I guess I'd go for the 2-3 month job loss.