<story><title>Secret gyms and the economics of prohibition</title><url>https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2020/08/11/900895704/secret-gyms-and-the-economics-of-prohibition?s=09</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>polote</author><text>&amp;gt; I find it amazing we can not see short term sacrifice for long term gain.&lt;p&gt;Maybe because nobody successfully proved to these people (me included) that this sacrifice is useful.&lt;p&gt;You can&amp;#x27;t tell to people, you have no risk of dying (0.5% death rate for population, much much lower for healthy and young people), people who are at risk of dying can protect themselves even around sick people (wearing a mask, staying at home, washing hands, ...) so this is not your fault if they catch it but you need to stop living your life. That can&amp;#x27;t work.&lt;p&gt;And above all, what is the long term strategy, we stop everything for the rest of our lives ? (a vaccine doesn&amp;#x27;t always work, example the flu vaccine, which works approximately).&lt;p&gt;It is not that people don&amp;#x27;t want to sacrifice, it is just that scarifying is the worst solution for everyone</text></item><item><author>readingnews</author><text>There is a crossfit gym that I pass by every morning on the way to work. It is full, and never stopped during this pandemic. Even at 7AM, it is full of patrons.&lt;p&gt;I would call the &amp;quot;proper authorities&amp;quot;, but since there is a State Police car parked outside every morning, and he is in there working out, just like before the pandemic, I doubt calling anyone would do anything.&lt;p&gt;Adding to the post, I read it earlier... it is really strange that people feel they have to go work out in groups. Or get together, or go to bars. I find it amazing we can not see short term sacrifice for long term gain.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>ceejayoz</author><text>&amp;gt; Maybe because nobody successfully proved to these people (me included) that this sacrifice is useful.&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; people who are at risk of dying can protect themselves even around sick people (wearing a mask, staying at home, washing hands, ...)&lt;p&gt;This makes it clear &amp;quot;nobody successfully proved&amp;quot; really means &amp;quot;I didn&amp;#x27;t bother to listen&amp;quot;. The messaging on masks has long been &amp;quot;they reduce transmission by infected people&amp;quot;, not &amp;quot;they prevent you from getting it&amp;quot;.</text></comment>
<story><title>Secret gyms and the economics of prohibition</title><url>https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2020/08/11/900895704/secret-gyms-and-the-economics-of-prohibition?s=09</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>polote</author><text>&amp;gt; I find it amazing we can not see short term sacrifice for long term gain.&lt;p&gt;Maybe because nobody successfully proved to these people (me included) that this sacrifice is useful.&lt;p&gt;You can&amp;#x27;t tell to people, you have no risk of dying (0.5% death rate for population, much much lower for healthy and young people), people who are at risk of dying can protect themselves even around sick people (wearing a mask, staying at home, washing hands, ...) so this is not your fault if they catch it but you need to stop living your life. That can&amp;#x27;t work.&lt;p&gt;And above all, what is the long term strategy, we stop everything for the rest of our lives ? (a vaccine doesn&amp;#x27;t always work, example the flu vaccine, which works approximately).&lt;p&gt;It is not that people don&amp;#x27;t want to sacrifice, it is just that scarifying is the worst solution for everyone</text></item><item><author>readingnews</author><text>There is a crossfit gym that I pass by every morning on the way to work. It is full, and never stopped during this pandemic. Even at 7AM, it is full of patrons.&lt;p&gt;I would call the &amp;quot;proper authorities&amp;quot;, but since there is a State Police car parked outside every morning, and he is in there working out, just like before the pandemic, I doubt calling anyone would do anything.&lt;p&gt;Adding to the post, I read it earlier... it is really strange that people feel they have to go work out in groups. Or get together, or go to bars. I find it amazing we can not see short term sacrifice for long term gain.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>esalman</author><text>US didn&amp;#x27;t have a federal strategy to deal with the pandemic. They shot at their own foot and didn&amp;#x27;t give themselves a chance to be successful.&lt;p&gt;The rest of the (developed, and many underdeveloped) world dealt with it and are moving on. I&amp;#x27;m watching Champions league finals on TV and Wuhan pool party clips on twitter, thinking wtf went wrong here.</text></comment>