>>12674424>>12674424The way to prevent deaths related to car accidents is by having drivers be trained, by having cars be reliable, by having drivers and other people in the car wear seatbelts, by demanding cars to have airbags, by enforcing speed limits, by enforcing laws that don't let you drive drunk, etc etc.
We could also prevent deaths by literally eliminating all cars, but this is not practical, as you pointed out.
The way to prevent deaths deaths related to COVID is by having people be instructed about proper hygene, social distancing, wearing masks, getting vaccinated, being conscious of others, not doing big agglomerations for a while, by not overcrowding hospitals, not travelling, etc, outside of the absolute essencial.
We could also prevent deaths by covid by literally actually locking up everyone in their house (look at the number of people in the "lock down" who are freely walking about, travelling or doing all kinds of shit and not respecting any of the advice or whatever). But this is not practical.
This is not about nitpicking the exact parallels ,and I am most certainly not arguing anything in bad faith. I'm yet to see one fucking good argument why I should risk my family's well being for some small restaurant to keep their doors open. You think there aren't restaurants I liked that closed? Of course there are. I don't like that either. I don't like that the economy of my country is tanking. But I already have chronic diseases and I can tell you from experience how much harder they made my life up until this point. I wouldn't actively want anyone to go through this as well, especially because mr. restaurant owner will not give a single fuck about my situation or whatever. It's not like they'll sell the food cheaper for someone with COPD who can't work as well as they did before and is earning less.
