Dan
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Daily testing of everybody in the White House didn't prevent it from getting in.
Well, they were indoor & in close contact with a bunch of mask deniers, following the ousted cult leader like sheep.
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Daily testing of everybody in the White House didn't prevent it from getting in.
Great idea, but someone spoiled it about 27 pages back.There have been so many threads and deleted posts about covid and travel that I thought I would start a thread devoted to safe(er) travel. And yes, I have a Florida trip and 2 Liveaboards planned so far for this year.
Agree 100%. Many people are suffering from long term effects which we don’t have a clear understanding ofOnce again, you and others are focused on deaths. Once again, I'll point out death is NOT the most prevalent problem of getting infected with Covid.
I have enough practice in wearing mask, self distancing, washing hands, not going to the bar or party, restaurants and only meet with family & (3-4) close friends, that I know that they are as careful as I am, for the whole 10 months. None of us has positive COVID-19. I see no reason that I will get infected if I follow the guidelines. It’s not that hard. You just have to be very disciplined about it.
Also after traveling I self-quarantined for 2 weeks before meeting my family & those close friends. It is working fine so far. I have 9 more dive trips this year. I sure don’t want to contract the virus.
Have you considered that you might have just been lucky all this time? That there are people dead or injured who did all the same things as you?I have enough practice in wearing mask, self distancing, washing hands, not going to the bar or party, restaurants and only meet with family & (3-4) close friends, that I know that they are as careful as I am, for the whole 10 months. None of us has positive COVID-19. I see no reason that I will get infected if I follow the guidelines. It’s not that hard. You just have to be very disciplined about it.
Also after traveling I self-quarantined for 2 weeks before meeting my family & those close friends. It is working fine so far. I have 9 more dive trips this year. I sure don’t want to contract the virus.
is that people over estimate their ability to reason about the pandemic. So they fool themselves into believing that they can take precautions and be safe in a way better than the next person so the rules don’t really apply to them. Lots of people doing this in a little way is of course a disaster.
I don’t think it’s as much as an acknowledgement of reason as it is a wish that things weren’t the way they are. I have friends that object to the bar and dining closure because that’s for the crowded elbow to elbow joints but they only go to high end establishments where the tables are far apart and the servers very attentive. Also, they’ve been vaccinated.While I think Dan is irresponsible, or at least deluded, I think he should be congratulated on being honest about his reasoning and motivation.
In the U.K. we high high quality radio new from the BBC and the flagship program gets to interview literally anyone they want, 99.99% of people including the most senior politicians (except Boris) will say yes.
That have had interviews with proper psychologists (from places like Cambridge, Imperial and the like) discussing these human factors of infection spread. A thing I picked up on, as a flaw in my own behaviour and that of microbiologists I know extremely well, is that people over estimate their ability to reason about the pandemic. So they fool themselves into believing that they can take precautions and be safe in a way better than the next person so the rules don’t really apply to them. Lots of people doing this in a little way is of course a disaster.