It’s legal to ride a motorcycle, bungee jump, and big wave surf. How many of you have engaged in even one of the activities mentioned?
Though we’re free to actively pursue all three risky forms of sport, most of us don’t because we’re fearful, or we’ve deduced that the health risk is greater than the reward. With big wave surfing alone, supposedly the wipeout portion of the act is the equivalent of a lint ball in the proverbial dryer. Terrifying. There are things we just don’t do because we’re reasonable human beings.
This came to mind while reading a news items about citywide lockdowns in Macau. It seems the coronavirus is spreading there, and in response Chinese officials have imposed strict lockdowns in the Asian gambling mecca. Other than grocery stores and businesses providing “essential services,” everything else is shuttered. Oh well, it seems gambling would amount to a pretty essential service for residents of a town built on gambling, but those businesses and those they employ are out of luck. A virus is spreading and causes sickness, don’t you know?
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