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<blockquote data-quote="Copabanana" data-source="post: 756230" data-attributes="member: 18958"><p>I have a dear friend much younger than am I. I am in one of the age cohorts most at-risk. My friend is 40 years younger. She is sanguine and she says she knows nobody who is doing or thinking anything differently in regards to Coronavirus. She lives in the sophisticated and liberal metropolis a couple of hours from me, a place where I am from. I don't know why I'm writing that, but it seems like how we perceive what is happening is colored by our viewpoints and demographics. I wish that wasn't true.</p><p></p><p>I was thinking very cynically this afternoon. The mortality rate is 8 percent of people in my age group. These are the people who receive social security and Medicare. If 8 percent of that cohort were to die, the crisis in funding these programs would be eliminated. What a horrible thing to think of. Not only do I not think I am expendable, over all I don't think I'm a burden. I think of myself as a contributor. And even if I were a burden, I would hope to not be expendable.</p><p></p><p>I hope there comes about a consciousness is our society of "we," of our responsibility to others, even if we're safe and protected and we perceive ourselves as invulnerable. The reality is that one day, sooner or later, in one way or another, it or they will come for us.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Copabanana, post: 756230, member: 18958"] I have a dear friend much younger than am I. I am in one of the age cohorts most at-risk. My friend is 40 years younger. She is sanguine and she says she knows nobody who is doing or thinking anything differently in regards to Coronavirus. She lives in the sophisticated and liberal metropolis a couple of hours from me, a place where I am from. I don't know why I'm writing that, but it seems like how we perceive what is happening is colored by our viewpoints and demographics. I wish that wasn't true. I was thinking very cynically this afternoon. The mortality rate is 8 percent of people in my age group. These are the people who receive social security and Medicare. If 8 percent of that cohort were to die, the crisis in funding these programs would be eliminated. What a horrible thing to think of. Not only do I not think I am expendable, over all I don't think I'm a burden. I think of myself as a contributor. And even if I were a burden, I would hope to not be expendable. I hope there comes about a consciousness is our society of "we," of our responsibility to others, even if we're safe and protected and we perceive ourselves as invulnerable. The reality is that one day, sooner or later, in one way or another, it or they will come for us. [/QUOTE]
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