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I seldom give a fuck about randos needing help outside, when that happens, and when this ain't no bullshit. But people own their own lives, they're supposed to be standing up for themselves, just as I do with myself.

With all the information already being made freely available by health authorities like the WHO and some governments and NGOs, as well as plenty of non-government health info sites on the net, there's no reason they shouldn't know how to protect themselves if they want to, other than if they're illiterate (then if you're in a neighborhood where's there's huge rates of illiteracy well that'd make sense to give them some informed care).

The Black Plague was the last time a major pandemic decimated an important part of a continent's population. It also took decades, or a few years at its peak moment, to do that. And that was in a social context of poor or near-absent hygiene measures, and at the same time a lot of direct interpersonal exposure, making medieval towns as perfect settings for the spread of the plague. Monks were able to save their asses due to their strict hygienic discipline that included two baths a day. In today's world, it's very likely that Muslim cultures will dodge a pandemic like this one for the same reasons.

But stupid self-proud Americans? Not quite.