Greetings from Italy. This is a post for all of the “business as usual” friends and followers back home that I see in my feed on a daily basis. I want everyone to please internalize the message in this post. Whether or not YOU are in one of high risk categories for COVID-19, there nevertheless exists an ethical responsibility to contain this disease.
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What this means is that if you’re carrying on with your social events, including concerts, you may become responsible for contributing to the spread of this disease, and the coming healthcare tsunami. My friends, there is not a healthcare system in the world that’s prepared for what’s coming. Every person has a duty to do their part to slow down the spread of COVID-19. Complacency and American Exceptionalism is not a viable solution.
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I myself am in a medium risk category: I have high blood pressure and am very prone to lung infections. If I get this disease, and there is not a ventilator available, it could be very dangerous, even fatal. And every hospital system in the world is going to run out of ventilators in the next few weeks.
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“Try to have pity on the myriad of old people you could exterminate.” The best time to have slammed on the brakes was a week or more ago, before the virus spread across the USA. The second best time to slam on the brakes is now. Please, don’t put people at risk. Avoid, don’t encourage, social contact.
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