Quimby [any, any]

We have the best system, folks. Truly the greatest.

I think a lot of it depends on your personal situation. For some immunocompromised people, the risk may be legitimately higher. And so in terms of it being “just like the flu”, I think it’s maybe more of a realization for people in those groups that it probably would have been a good idea to wear a mask in crowded public places before covid too, to protect against things like the flu. Masking has long been common in East Asia.

Thoughts on the use of geographic domains for vanity purposes? I know that’s come up recently as a topic of concern (including with lemmy, specifically), and personally, it seems like it’s both extremely widespread and also maybe shouldn’t have become super widespread given the actual implications.