Franglais:
Winseer:
There’s no “certainties” here - only “odds”.
At present, any gambler will tell you that there’s more chance of being killed in next friday’s rush hour traffic statistically, than even catching (let alone dying) of Covid…
It is the collateral “sideshow damage” that we all need to avoid, since losing jobs, seeing pay & conditions cut, losing one’s already-paid-for holidays, not being able to get their car MOTed and hence safe, and of course not being able to attend social events" - are already taking their toll on MILLIONS of us, rather than just a handful of people we’ve not even heard of - until after they’ve gone.
Probably not ALL gamblers would say that?
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Only those who are terminally stupid.
Less than 2,000 road deaths in 2019…about 8 a week…about one a day.
Friday 24th 770 new cases lab confirmed. 123 deaths.
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As a gambler, is this why you still drive lorries?
Misreading what I’m getting at here.
I’d say about half of us would take “reasonable risks” about our daily lives - without thinking twice about it.
The other half are the “extremists” who’d live like Howard Hughs at one end, or are recklessly taking chances with anything and everything.
The “Gambler” taking the “measured risk” - is NOT going to do things like Drive at 70 through a residential street, run across the road between parked cars, or go mountain climbing in bad weather.
BUT would still drive a car at say, 35 through a 30 zone, walk out between parked cars, and go mountain climbing/skydiving/any extreme sport as a matter of “Normalcy” - without thinking twice about it.
Does a smoker who goes through a packet a day - have a higher chance of snuffing it from lung cancer than someone who still buys their B&H in '10s??
Comparing the road death rate - is meaningless, because no one sets out that morning with the notion that they won’t be coming home tonight, whereas we professional drivers DO, or at least should - Right?
Our ability as the Great British Public I suggest - fails to deal with day-to-day risk-taking, so that now we are ALL faced with a decision each and every day over Covid, and our individual interpretation of what Church and State tell us…
Do you wear a mask because you believe it will save lives, and is therefore a good thing to do?
Do you wear a mask because you fear being fined when you are already on your knees financially,
Do you wear a mask because you voted for this government, and want to play along…
Do you disobey because you’re an evil person who doesn’t want to save lives?
Do you disobey because you’re “alright jack” financially,
Do you dosobey because you vote labour, and Boris Johnson is “Not My Prime Minister”…?
One person’s wrong-doing - is another person’s virtue signal.
Another person’s virtue - is a third party’s definition of what “Evil” manifests itself as in this day and age.
If someone says “No coming in here without a mask sir” - and hands me a mask, one that cuts into my nose, gets right up my nose, - I will COMPLY because they’ve given me no option BUT to comply.
If someone says "No coming in here without a mask. Here’s one for a quid/Go home and get your mask/Come back when you’ve had a test blah blah etc. - Then I will just turn on my heel, probably never to return.
The alternative place I ended up going to for the same goods and services… Ends up winning my business for an ongoing basis, the original premises having now alienated me, possibly for life.
(The Mrs is even more hard line on this than I am btw)
We have not shopped at Tesco since Easter, for example. Before the lockdown, we probably did 75%+ of ALL our food shopping at Tescos. Go figure!
