Covid risk calculator - have your taken one?

maddyone

I was blamed by one poster for getting Covid, back in the early part of the year. I couldn’t prevent myself from getting Covid, and those people on dinghies can’t be blamed for trying to make a better life for themselves.

Maddyone.?

A friend of mine caught Covid and died. She caught it at an urgent hospital appointment, as did her family, who escorted her. She had no choice, but to go.

No matter what precautions we take, sometimes we have no choice.

I did write "for many it's avoidable*, not "*all*. I also realise that it's not entirely the responsibility of individuals, but of everybody.

Nevertheless, I've seen so many posts where people have claimed to be fit and healthy with a good immune system (which is rubbish by the way), so they'll be OK. Others seem to stick their heads in the sand and come out with stuff about flu and road traffic accidents, etc. Some people quite blatantly didn't stick to lockdown rules because their reasons were more important than anybody else.

It's all about risk and there are steps people can take to mitigate it without having to lock themselves away and never see anybody face-to-face again. I don't understand why people go to extremes and think they're being asked to stay at home forever. They're not. Lockdowns are a sign of failure that other measures haven't worked, which they won't if just a handful of people do what they want.

Alegrias1

Some people can't avoid public places. The risk is never zero, even if triple vaxxed and wearing a face covering. So telling people that the disease is avoidable and risking it is up to them, that is the gross exaggeration. It's almost victim blaming.

Imagine if someone blamed people for getting T2 diabetes

Oh! But they do!

Alegrias1

Some people can't avoid public places. The risk is never zero, even if triple vaxxed and wearing a face covering. So telling people that the disease is avoidable and risking it is up to them, that is the gross exaggeration. It's almost victim blaming.

Imagine if someone blamed people for getting T2 diabetes

I really do wish you'd read more carefully and not jump to conclusions.

Oh! But they do!

Yes, I know.

It was irony.

I really do wish you'd take the time to understand and not miss the point completely.

In my view, it is entirely unacceptable to tell somebody that Covid is avoidable for some and its up to them if they risk it. It puts the onus on the person reading it and if someone is already in a state of alarm about Covid its not going to help, is it?

Isn’t getting type 2 diabetes often the result of allowing yourself to become seriously overweight, just as COPD and lung cancer is often the result of smoking?
That is not victim blaming, just fact.

Oops.

( runs for cover )