Re: Readercon code of conduct

On Sun, 26 May 2024, James Nicoll wrote:

In article <e9605ecd-f1f3-abf9-e8c7-6656f5e1266b@example.net>,
D  <nospam@example.net> wrote:

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On Sun, 26 May 2024, Scott Dorsey wrote:
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D  <nospam@example.net> wrote:

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Corona, by the way, was about as dangerous for my age group as driving a
car. That figure came from the government, so all hysteria was just
nonsense.

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Dunno, I had several friends who died in the initial Corona outbreak,
before it evolved to be much less harmful.  That seeems dangerous enough
to me.  Granted, I have quite a few more friends who have died in car
accidents, though over a longer time period.
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In terms of personal anecdotal experience of death of friends, the most
common causes are:
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1. The AIDS epidemic of the eighties
2. The War in Vietnam in the seventies
3. Cancer (Various kinds)
4. Auto Accidents (with and without alcohol)
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with Covid probably around five or possibly six on the list.
--scott

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Fascinating to see Vietnam on the list. In my case, cancer and various
kinds of heart failures come to mind. Don't know anyone who died of
corona.

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Second cousin, age 27, and my sister in law's mother. In the latter
case the vaccine existed but the profit oriented old age home deemed
it an injudicious use of funds. Significant outbreak and death toll
followed. But hey, more vacancies for boomer retirees!
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Why couldn't you vaccinate or pay for vaccination yourselves for your sister in laws mother if you feel so strongly about it? Sounds kind of inhuman to just hand over that important decision to some anonymous old age home if you ask me.