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I wasn’t going to reply, but can’t help myself...the great thing about science is it doesn’t matter whether you believe it or not, it’s true. 
And so is the fact that it’s the cytokine storm your body produces or doesn’t produce when infected with covid. This is my line of work. I’m a scientist and conduct and run clinical trials. Yes, comparatively it may seem like a small percentage of folks die, but to me, a few hundred thousand is very high. 
mans it doesn’t matter whether you’re in super shape or not, if your body reacts to the virus by producing a cytokine storm then that’s what endangers you. It’s a cascade of reactions happening in your body where your lungs start to fill with fluid and things start to shut down. They’re realizing this is happening to people with certain blood types more than others and other genetic similarities m. It also depends on how much of the virus you received in your infecting dose and how it went in your body. If you can ramp up your immune system in a way that the NK (natural killer) cells are robust and do their thing and prevent the cytokine storm you can survive and get better eventually. This is what the treatments we use are doing like the antibodies, remdesivir + dexamthesome. 
I’m not here to argue or prove anyone right or wrong. We all must be careful. It’s a horrible death and almost for certain you will die alone separated from everyone and anyone. Be smart. 
taking appropriate medical precautions.m Kline social distancing and wearing a mask have zero to do with personal freedom or any freedom. It boils down to this: do you want to kill someone and do you want them to kill you. The answer is no and so you put on a goddamn mask and quit being selfish. If this country had been managed immensely better from the onset of the crisis we would not have the economic turmoil and deaths that this president has caused. He has given up on covid bc he’s a loser and doesn’t have the best of the nation in his intentions. He could give a shit

6 hours ago, BootmanLA said:

I'll add this: You say right now, if you keep living like you're poor, you can hold out for a good while on your inheritance.

What happens when you can't keep living like you're poor?

What happens when a drunk driver runs a red light and totals your car, so working on it isn't an option? What if you're hurt in that accident and can't do anything for yourself - and you've got thousands in medical bills that your insurance doesn't cover?

What if you decide to whore it up, and one of your escapades brings Covid into your life - for you, your partner, your mom, whomever? You could easily end up having thrown over your job for sex and then be unable to have that sex for weeks or months.

What happens if something happens to your mom and not only does she need to live with you, but she needs close care for six months - say, she gets COVID and it's a bad case?

And on and on - the point being that forgoing work may not actually work out the way you think it will, financially speaking, so you need a very detailed plan.

I'd start with accepting that you need a new job that you don't hate. You don't have to find it right away - and you don't necessarily have to keep working while you look - but bear in mind that thanks to COVID the unemployment rate is through the roof and returning to work, or moving on to another job, may not be so easy. So let's say you decide you're going to quit your job and take 3 months (or whatever) off to slut around. Commit to yourself, at least, that when that period is up, you start looking immediately for a job, and you stay on top of it until you find something. Don't make the mistake of thinking "Well, I can stop looking for a few weeks and take another break", because at some point, you're going to find yourself burning through your reserves faster than you planned. And the worst thing - as you no doubt realize, based on your comments - would be to end up with no savings, a house you have to maintain, no job, and a hole in your resume that makes it very difficult to get another one.

Sex is great. But it's not worth trashing your entire life over. While there's no guarantee that would happen, you need to at least have contingency plans for aborting the fun and getting back to it, if need be. 

Well said