Spring-breakers defy coronavirus lockdown: ‘This virus ain’t that serious’

NYPost ^ | 3/18/20 | Rob Bailey-Millado

[usafa92]

These kids may be young but at least they have the American spirit that most in this country used to have. There was a time when the citizens wouldn’t shut the country down and allow the economy to crash while being obsessed with finding toilet paper and hand sanitizer while they get a preview of socialism. Good for these kids. At least some are actually expressing a right to do something.

[coaster123]

Wherewithal is wasted on the old.

[Socon-Econ]

They are not stupid or selfish. They intuitively know what the close-downers don’t — you don’t socially distance yourself due to fear of getting a sickness that is most likely to be serious only for people with preexisting conditions. They didn’t have to socially distance themselves for similar Obama-era diseases, so why should they do so now?

[Alberta's Child]

I wish more FReepers would read posts like yours and think rationally. When you have a viral outbreak where one part of the population is at a high risk, the most effective course of action is to isolate and protect THEM — not impose restrictions that immobilize the population at large.

[nhbob1]

You gotta fight, for your right, to PARTY!!!!

[JPG]

‘This virus ain’t that serious’ said the college student while taking their last breath.

[Wissa]

Maybe they’re smarter than the everyone else.

I'd bet the people in Gen Z have more common sense than the Millenials, although that may not be saying much.

[Wissa]

I say salt air and salt water is possibly good.

The vitamin D they develop from the sunlight is good for immunity. Running around on the beach they'll have lots of exposure to sun on their skin.

[polymuser]

Hawaii Gov. David Ige calls for 30-day suspension of visitors to Hawaii.

Yep, they’re gonna hurt.

[DoodleDawg]

Can’t fix stupid.

[Third Person]

smart kids... who knew?

[vladimir998]

“Maybe they’re smarter than the everyone else.”

Not. A. Chance.

[windsorknot]

This virus ain’t that serious

Sounds like an educated yute.

[Freedom of Speech Wins]

They aren’t giving up liberty for safety and ending up with neither though

[knarf]

[knarf]

[Vermont Lt]

Why would anyone “want” to piss over a bread truck? Ha ha.

[TomServo]

Because it was there.

[bert]

Lots of subshine and beer over two or three straight days is believed to prohibit the entry of virus into the body.

[Wissa]

Can’t fix stupid.

College-age people avoiding human contact to wait out a disease that is only marginally worse than the common flu would be stupid.

Government at all levels shutting down half the economy in reaction to that disease would be stupid.