Getting back to (old) normal (Page 2)

Here's the biggest problem, and it has been since day one.

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It shouldn't be fear that it makes you want to social distance.  It should be rational thinking. Ya...if you are not over 65 years old, not pregnant, don't have heart disease, etc. your risk is very low.  If you are a fit triathlete the risk is even lower.  Even for the people at high risk it isn't anymore risk than the flu that goes around every year without people thinking twice. So, don't be afraid.  Do follow the social distance guidelines though.  I can't remember the exact number that was coming out at the beginning of March, but it was something like a prediction of 1 million deaths if we did nothing and something like 10,000 deaths if we social distance.  The social distancing however wouldn't work if only the high-risk people were doing it.  Everyone had to do it for it to work.  I think we are at about 100,000 deaths in the USA so we are doing 10 times worse than we were asked to do on the social distancing but we are still 10 times better off than if we had done nothing.  I missed my brother's 40-year-old birthday celebration and my mom's 65-year-old birthday.  Ya, that sucked but I will have time to make up for it in the future.  Right now I want to be helping the country keep things under control.  I want to be part of the 10% that are doing things right not part of the 90% that are treating this as a joke, but yes, when the risk is low there is not a lot of incentive to be perfect and we all will be more relaxed than we should with some things.