However, “jackpots” are not as common with the seasonal flu than for COVID-19.
quote=“catahoula;c-22973141” Free country… they’re welcome to… but my suspicion is they’ll eventually want me to put one on, too, every year when the weather turns cold.
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The problem that societies have to grapple with is externalities (costs imposed on others by one’s actions), which is why societies have rules (simple examples include not murdering and not stealing). Contagious diseases are great for triggering fights about what rules there should be in this respect. Masks’ tendency to protect others better than the wearer accentuates these fights.