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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ToughCOINS, post: 4508330, member: 20480&quot;]Not exactly . . . let&#039;s talk apples and apples, not apples and oranges.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m not addressing Nate&#039;s need to get in his car and make local trips out of necessity.&nbsp; That would be an orange.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m addressing his statements that, </p><p><br /></p><blockquote><p>&quot;I have zero concerns about the virus. And before anyone feels the need for a lecture, I’m an American. It’s my right to be concerned or not at my own discretion.&quot;</p><p><br /></p></blockquote><p>To make a local trip is entirely different than going out of one&#039;s way, and jeopardizing the welfare of others in the process.</p><p><br /></p><p>Just like Nate, I have parents over a thousand miles away, and called off plans to visit them this spring.&nbsp; Likewise, they are calling off plans to visit us this summer.&nbsp; Those are the apples.</p><p><br /></p><p>And why did we make those choices?&nbsp; Not so much because we fear for our own lives . . . we know the odds are in our favor, and we&#039;d almost certainly be fine if we made the trips in both directions.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The reason we made those choices is because we believe in the increased benefits a coordinated effort may deliver toward tackling this virus.&nbsp; It&#039;s because once a few are observed defiantly flaunting their indifference, more will follow, and eventually the effectiveness of the collective action breaks down, and the virus really begins to thrive again.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t care to try and change Nate&#039;s mind, but I prefer not to see him stick out his chest and proclaim his fearlessness to a world which would benefit more from less bravado.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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