(05-06-2020, 09:10 AM)NYC4jags Wrote:

(05-06-2020, 06:01 AM)iapetus Wrote: Yes. But the fact that we're asking this question shows a misunderstanding of the issue. Mass events spread the virus in ways that it would not otherwise have been spread. Even if no over-50 people attend, the virus will spread widely to other people, who will go on to directly or indirectly infect people who are over 50.

I understand that. 

I was responding to a post that seemed to be intent on diminishing the risk of death to those under sixty. 
Trust me, I don't misunderstand the issue. I have friends and family working in hospitals with makeshift protective gear that they must improperly reuse out of necessity, I have multiple friends who have lost parents, and I have lost former colleagues in NYC to this thing. I don't weigh attendance at football games ahead of the safety of these people. 

I don't consider myself at great risk. I don't wear a mask at the grocer for myself. I wear it for the parents and grandparents of the people who work there and shop there - as well as the elderly who are forced to shop there themselves.