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everyone always overexaggerates how useful the incident was to epidemiologists. It was certainly an interesting novelty, and some cool studies were produced, but the issue was that there weren't actually consequences for bad actors. It's a lot harder for assholes to willingly catch a disease with the goal of spreading it when that disease can actually kill them.
I'm more miffed that they never figured out a way to rerun the event for WoW Classic, if even for only 24 hours.
honestly if anything, covid showed us how bad actor assholes can easily be substituted with stupid people & negligence/spite
"covid? it doesnt exist! lets have a party with 200 people!! :D"
There's at least one video I saw of a maskless person claiming they didn't need the mask to protect themselves because they already have covid.
Reminder, masks were not suppose to protect YOU. They were to stop you from coughing/spitting on other people. You needed eyewear/face shield to properly protect yourself.
That general approach was so common. It really is sad.
One of the really bad effects of modern society (american especially) has been conditioning us to think of ourselves as these independent entities separate from nature and from our actual physical communities & people. We just interact with those things when we require their resources, etc. Transactional relationships happen.
One effect of this is, of course, not being considerate to those around you. But as your example shows, some people are so bad about it that it's not even a question of deciding whether to choose their own convenience over the safety of others. Considering the risk to others never enters the picture in the first place. When asked about it they would answer something like "my health is my concern, their health is their concern, and it's also none of my business." Said politely and without malice. It's just ingrained that deep.
A well fitted N95 mask protects both you and others
One vector for infection is the eyes. Even people wearing eye glasses had a measurably lower infection rates then people who didn't.
Is my salty tears not enough?
The bad actors were the people telling people lies about COVID, how to avoid it, how to treat it. Most of the party goers were deluded, some were just foolish
So like Covid
Yea, if anything it underestimated how many people would be willing dedicate themselves to becoming full time plague spreaders.
No, not at all like COVID. Don't confuse ignorance for malice. The issue with COVID was skeptics who only consumed right-wing propoganda downplaying the severity of the virus. There were no skeptics in the Corrupted Blood incident, people were maliciously trying to spread the virus knowing that it would kill other people.
So like covid
haha that's so clever and funny
The vast majority of COVID skeptics wernt really skeptical, they were scared and thought they could change reality by denying it.
I was beyond disappointed when they messed it up, then issued an apology with no intention whatsoever to actually try to get it right.