Coronavirus Information...who do you trust?

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(05-14-2021, 02:38 PM)Mickeypoo Wrote: I hope you are being genuine because I am going to be.......

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Appreciate the earnest response, I was being genuine.   I'm certainly not living in some fantasy world where I think there is a chance in hell to change your opinion, but understanding your perspective informs future conversations.

Your family situation is pretty anecdotal.  Virologist the world over have detailed how Covid has a greater impact on the respiratory system than the common flu, an outcome of the evolution of this strain of the virus thats been predicted for years.  Personally, I place my trust in experts and science rather than what I can 'see' with my eyes.  Yes, some of the quarantine rules are still ill-formed, but the situation you've experienced is but a infinitesimal data point in a world wide phenomenon.  Just because you and your family didn't have a near death experience doesn't mean this has all been 'over-blown'. 

Regarding NY vs FL, and this has been discussed ad nauseam, the FACT that NY was an early hot spot put them in a precarious position and gave FL the advantage of learning from afar during those first few months.  The obvious disadvantage to NYC is population density, with >25K people per sq mile, the largest in the US.  Miami, the most densely populated in FL is around 12K.  Since NYC makes up more than half the entire states population, I hope you can see why that would matter.

Anyway.  Still don't know why you seem to equate those who prefer to be cautious with 'rooting for death and destruction'.  But as long as you and your family aren't dead, right?  Who cares about others...