[nashequilibrium]

Still a lot of work to be done, what I do know is, I have a family member who went to a friends party and got infected, he was sick for a few weeks and recovered without hospitalization. A few months later, the genius decided to go to a Casino near Reno NV and got infected a 2nd time and was just as sick.

[spookthesunset]

I look forward to returning to a time when catching a respiratory virus is an act of nature and not a moral failing.

[HarryHirsch]

Pre-pandemic I had a habit of chucking visibly sick people out of the classroom. No one needs whatever bug they are spreading, not me, not their classmates. This attitude of presentee-ism needed to die even then. We hope it's dead now.

[colechristensen]

I do hope the moralizations get cut back but also that adults and children stay the fuck home when sick and we can ditch this perfect attendance play through the pain attitude towards minor infectious diseases.

[sparker72678]

Agreed.

I also hope that some stigma of knowingly going out into the world while sick persists. Probably won’t, though.

[yazaddaruvala]

Leveraging a historical perspective (not a judgement about "good" or "bad" or "should" or "shouldn't", just an observation), the world really might not return to accepting a respiratory virus as an act of nature.

For example, dumping fecal matter into streams was the norm (still the norm in many places today). Arguably it was and is still considered "an act of nature". However, the modern appetite for such behavior is considered unethical/immoral (unless left with no other options).

This story regarding personal and group health vs personal freedom and choice (or ignorance through accidents/neglect) repeats many times in history. Arguably each article of clothing was at one time a unique and major health/wellness conversation within the culture, and either won out or that clothing was lost to time. Similarly in home plumbing (a home without running water is considered immoral), contributing towards smoke/smog in cities is considered immoral, etc.

It seems likely that both masks, and accidentally getting a respiratory virus (including the cold/flu - given its death toll) could flip into the immoral bucket forever regardless of the impact to "personal freedoms". I'm not smart enough to know which way it will go or which way it should go.

Which ever way it ends up falling, I hope we come out with a healthier society for our bodies, but also for our psyches.

[petertodd]

Did he actually get tested for covid both times? There's plenty of other illnesses that'll make you plenty sick. I personally took a few weeks to recover fully after the flu a few years back.

[FearlessNebula]

> took a few weeks to recover fully after the flu

"But it's just a flu"

The number of idiots who think the flu alone (let alone COVID) is a mild thing...

[nashequilibrium]

Yes, he had to for work reasons.