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@schmangee @JackDexterity @LovelyFeyd Let me respond in the two ways. My kids are wearing masks at school to protect their grandmother. Basic. Human. Decency.
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@schmangee @JackDexterity @LovelyFeyd Second, before we start throwing around individual risk as a metric for responsibility to act, let's consider a situation we both know well.
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@schmangee @JackDexterity @LovelyFeyd Q: Why, someone might ask, should car drivers slow down in neighborhoods and near schools? Even if they have seat belts and airbags, as required by law. A: So fewer people die. With greater responsibility based on others' vulnerability, not necessarily one's own.
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@schmangee @JackDexterity @LovelyFeyd Neither public health nor traffic safety meets the Pareto optimal standard (better for every single individual). 9,999 people will get to work later. One won't kill someone on the way.