05-29-2020, 04:14 PM
(05-29-2020, 04:04 PM)jamincan Wrote:(05-29-2020, 02:52 PM)danbrotherston Wrote: I'm no epidemiolist, but from my understanding and my reading, outdoor is better than indoor, farther is better than closer, shorter is better than longer, and less people is better than more people.
This is really sound advice, really clearly stated, maybe adding "less is better than more". The reality is that as we look at having to deal with Covid-19 for the long term, we have to have a strategy that people will realistically follow for the long term.
Indeed, the other thing I think people have trouble with is that they want absolutes, "how can I be safe"...and "if I can go to the grocery stores, why can't I get my hair done"....risk is a spectrum, a numbers game, well, we aren't very good with numbers.
I think the "less is better than more" style of phrasing probably helps with that, but I do think people (myself included) have trouble setting risk tolerance since the danger is very conceptual and very hard to operationalize.
Note, this is so true of other things as well, just look at climate change.