Had a bizarre conversation with someone yesterday. A mutual friend is going through chemo-therapy at the moment and so is highly immunocompromised; I suggested that we should advise her to stay at home (in readiness for the inevitable spread of the virus to her workplace) The objection raised was that the lack of direct contact with people might be "bad for her mental health". I pointed out that being "dead" is probably worse for her mental health and that we should all probably err on the side of caution. Judging from the raised eyebrows, I got the impression the comment wasn't well received. Such a depressing thought, when otherwise intelligent people value risking feelings over risking life itself, such is the screwed up society we seem to live in these days!
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