Wowzlul t1_j4a2g81 wrote on January 14, 2023 at 5:27 AM

Reply to comment by cupcake_not_muffin in NYC Issues Plea as ‘Most Transmissible Form of COVID-19 We Know of to Date' Spreads by brooklynlad

> Yeah lol they don’t wanna admit they could’ve killed or disabled someone.

I would bet money that something you've willingly done or failed to do has been part of the chain of causation that led to someone's death or injury. That's just an inescapable part of this horribly complex, interdependent society we've built.

Breaking those chains of causation or attenuating their effects requires interventions that impose negative consequences of their own. Sometimes they're worth it. Others not.

cupcake_not_muffin t1_j4a3b5b wrote on January 14, 2023 at 5:36 AM

Not something that would take max 5-10 mins of passive time and could directly have odds of 20-30% chance of disability and 2-5% of death. I can confidently say that. Through indirect mechanisms and 5 dependencies, sure maybe