I was hiking down a mountain trail and a Chinese mom and her three year old boy were coming up. She and her son moved to the canyon side of the trail, right on the edge, and faced away from me! They had a ten million times higher risk of falling into the canyon than catching a virus on a trail in bright sunshine and a breeze by passing a stranger for a tenth of a second.
I studied how people assess risk in a Game Theory class in 1980. I got to see what I studied in real life! People cannot assess relative risks .
I grew up male and survived to adulthood. Born in the 60’s when we really were a free people. No seatbelts, riding in the back of pickup trucks, diving boards...
You could say I was a rick assessment pro by 2020...