Americans just don't care about the pandemic

[misanthrope]

The TSA screened more than 1.1 million air travelers this weekend as Americans continue to ignore travel warnings. I'm beginning to wonder whether the pestilence is the coronavirus or Americans themselves. COVID-19 will be here a long, long time.

[FreeState]

1. Some don't

1.1 million people flew, 328 million did not.

[spooky3]

2. Good point. Nt

[greyl]

5. yep

[moonscape]

10. I thought I heard air travel was down 50% from

last Christmas. To my mind, it should have been down 90%.

[PatSeg]

23. Yes

So it would be "some Americans" don't care about the pandemic. Most people are not taking such risks.

[IsItJustMe]

3. Seems like a number of Americans have their collective heads up their collective areses.

But at the same time, I know many many that don't.

[ansible]

4. The virus just isn't that deadly to most people

Sorry, but it had to be said

[misanthrope]

6. It doesn't have to kill you immediately

It can create chronic issues. Immunity might not last longer than a few months either. So maybe you don't die the first time around. Maybe you just get vascular issues, maybe coronary, maybe pulmonary. You catch it again eight months later and it's rougher. Then rougher still the next go round.

My wife's extended family of right wingers filled up their social media pages with multiple-household, maskless gatherings for Christmas. They just don't care, like many, many of the white Republicans around us.

[ansible]

7. Same here, I have mormon relatives partying right now

Several got infected already back in July but they all recovered with no major issues.

[spooky3]

14. But how many strangers did they give it to, who may

Have gotten very sick or unknowingly passed it on to relatives more at risk?

The purpose of the masks, social distancing, etc., is to protect others, not just ourselves.

[shrike3]

20. An acquaintance of mine got sick. So did his wife. His symptoms were mild. Hers caused her to be

hospitalized. She was on a vent for over a week. She survived, but was left with cognitive problems and breathing issues. The friend of an acquaintance lost her 12 year old son to Covid. She was told to put him to bed and keep him quiet and resting. He never woke up. My friend in her late sixties had serious symptoms but recovered at home with no ill effects. That's the trouble with this virus; it's capricious. You never know how it's going to affect YOU. It's like playing Russian roulette.

[StarryNite]

24. Yes, like Russian roulette mixed with firing the gun randomly into the sky and surroundings.

You never know who your bullets may be hitting and how much damage and death they are causing.

[shrike3]

27. Just found out that a friend of a friend lost his adult son.

Young, strong, in his thirties. He had three little kids and one of them brought it home.

Good comparison, btw.

[StarryNite]

22. Long-Term Effects of COVID-19

Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
Updated Nov. 13, 2020

CDC is actively working to learn more about the whole range of short- and long-term health effects associated with COVID-19. As the pandemic unfolds, we are learning that many organs besides the lungs are affected by COVID-19 and there are many ways the infection can affect someone’s health.

While most persons with COVID-19 recover and return to normal health, some patients can have symptoms that can last for weeks or even months after recovery from acute illness. Even people who are not hospitalized and who have mild illness can experience persistent or late symptoms. Multi-year studies are underway to further investigate. CDC continues to work to identify how common these symptoms are, who is most likely to get them, and whether these symptoms eventually resolve.

Lists of symptoms at the link:

[link:https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/long-term-effects.html|

[Poiuyt]

25. That's true. Some people have very few symptoms, some have the worst illness of their lives,

and some die.

I wonder why the effects vary so widely among people? I would think it would affect everyone about the same.

[Klaralven]

34. Previous diseased, pre-existing conditions, genetics, and age are factors.

There is some evidence that having had cold-causing coronaviruses results in milder cases.

Diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular distease, etc. increase risk.

They have identified genes associated with greater risk.

[Klaralven]

36. About 10% of the population have had Covid 19 and about 0.1% of the population have died.

So if 100% of the population had Covid 19, you might expect that 1% of the population would have died.

But at that disease intensity, there would not be ICU care for most, so the death rate would be double or triple, say 2 to 3%, or 6 to 10 million.

Uncontrolled, it would have been about twice as bad as the 1918 influenza epidemic, except that then the deaths were mostly young adults rather than people over 60.

It would have been a lot like the collapse of the Soviet Union, when large numbers of pensioners died, including many of the surviving WW II veterans.

[JonLP24]

38. It is contagious and could easily spread to someone who can't handle it

Young athletes have described it as the worst illness they ever faced. There are long term effects which we will know more about in the future.

I may be crazy for being scared of this pandemic but at least I haven't caught the virus yet thanks to living safely as much as I can.

[Iggo]

41. I accept your apology.

[Raine]

8. Pandemic overload, it goes on and on

finally it just becomes too much and people struggle to return to "normal" IMO. 🤔

[TomDaisy]

9. they'll start caring when Biden is president - suddenly Senate GOP will discover there is a pandemic

[betsuni]

13. This is exactly what will happen, along with obsession with the deficit and everything else.

[durablend]

19. January 20, 2021 12:00pm EST:

"WHY IS JOE BIDEN WASTING OUR TIME AT THE INAUGURATION AND HASN'T STOPPED THE PANDEMIC YET?!?!?!"

Any bets?

[Initech]

21. They're setting Biden up to fail on day one.

No matter how many deaths occur on his watch, Biden will get the lion's share of the blame while Trump will escape scot-free. Fuckers.

[Meowmee]

11. It's both

Too many stupid, arrogant, narcissists here.

[Doodley]

12. They cared about Ebola in 2014 when 2 people died on American soil (who had contracted it overseas).

Difference was that the president was black.

[MustLoveBeagles]

29. +1

[Chainfire]

15. Short attention spans

[llashram]

16. as long as the virus

does not affect many, many will continue to live in ignorance or because of a lie from their fuhrer. Him recovering so quickly gave the impression that this lethal pandemic is not that lethal. Not that he may have been faking it to further his lie that it was no worse than the flu nor that if he did have a light brush with Covid, that he had world-class physicians and medicine

This mass murderer needs to end up standing in the court docket at the Hague.

[2naSalit]

17. +1

[TexasBushwhacker]

33. They sure did forget Herman Cain quickly n/t

[llashram]

39. hardly a whisper

and quiet on dr.Carson to my ears

[Yeehah]

18. Lack of public spirit is typical of a declining empire

There is no community spirit amongst the general public. We have become a selfish society, encouraged by evil politicians who tell us, "greed is good."

[llashram]

40. this

this...key marker and American societal cohesiveness...blah

[maxsolomon]

26. Adaptation is Human Nature. The plague becomes normal life.

Some people take more risks and feel less social responsibility. In a nation that lionizes Individual Rights above all else, this is unsurprising.

The current surge is so great that I'm not sure those 1.1 million trips will make the situation noticeably worse.

[redstatebluegirl]

28. The biggest danger to democracy is selfishness.

We have become a "what is in it for me" culture. I have seen it in college students the past 15 years.

[MustLoveBeagles]

30. This

[cwydro]

31. People who lived down the street from me had a huge party Saturday night.

I just don’t get it.

[Stuart G]

32. NO...TITLE SHOULD READ...'SOME AMERICANS don't car about pandemic"

A lot of us do care and stay home almost all the time....

IT SUCKS BIG TIME....BUT MOST STAY HOME.....

My guess is that is one quarter to one fifth of the normal traffic...on Christmas...but I don't know,
but that is a good guess...

[Roisin Ni Fiachra]

35. Where I live, near a small tourist town in the west,

all the swanky $300 a night and up hotels were at, or near, 100% occupancy yesterday.

[Beringia]

37. I drove past Midway Airport on Christmas and there wasn't a single plane in the sky