Déjà vu.
Jimmy Kimmel on Sarah Palin:
“I love these people who only believe in science when it happens to them,” Kimmel deadpanned. “It’s like saying ‘now that I’ve been mauled by a bear personally, I realize that their claws and teeth are very sharp.”
LOL, the same old same old sky is falling nonsense. If it was up to people like you, we would be wearing masks from now until the end of time.
I am fully aware of C-19 and it's risks for people in my age group with my health, which is why I am not too concerned about it. For someone like me,
all the science shows I am just as likely to die from it as the flu, perhaps a smidge more, if I were to catch it. The IFR, last I checked for my age group, is 0.04%. Now, do I want to catch it. No, but I dont want to be in a car accident either. However, my desire to avoid both those things is not enough to justify changing my actions since the chances of each are extremely small.
Furthermore, spare me the argument that I, a singular person, am responsible for the health of the world. I give that no credence anymore.
Now, when it comes to bear attacks, regardless of age, if you are mauled by one,
the science shows you will probably die. Even if you play dead, you still have a 25% chance of dying when encountering a bear. (I just looked that up and it is surprisingly higher then what I thought after being told playing dead can be effective strategy. I guess when there are only bad options, you go for the least bad.) That is not a fatality rate to take lightly, and even if you survive you will most likely be marred for the rest of your life. Now, does this keep from hiking in the forest? No, but I make sure to make plenty of noise so I dont surprise a bear and get my face ripped off for the pleasure.
Just as an aside, if you could guarantee me that by wearing a mask I would live 5 years longer then by not wearing one, I would still choose to not wear one. As to why, life is not just about ensuring you will wake up the next day. A life without joy or laughter or company is not a life worth living. A life inside left purely to your own devices and slowing going mad in the process is certainly not one I choose to live either.