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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would love to see a venn diagram of the "have some wine, they do it in Europe, chill out" crowd and the "stay locked down until all have a covid vaccine, nothing is 100% effective so that's the only solution" crowd. I bet there's quite a bit of overlap, [b]which appears confounding[/b] but isn't when one scratches the surface. [/quote]

What's confounding about someone choosing to follow the science in both scenarios?[/quote]

The thing that is confounding is the acceptance of some risk in the first scenario and the sheer hysteria in the second. [/quote]

I think communicability may be the variable you're not factoring in.  [/quote]

Fair enough. That's a big factor in COVID. But drinking alcohol when pregnant (even in small doses) doesn't happen in a vacuum--the fetus can be affected. ACOG has been clear there is no safe amount of alcohol for a fetus. So then let's apply the same amount of measured caution and rationality to both, at least.[/quote]

I’m in the section of the ven diagram you’re confounded by. There is virtually zero evidence that an occasional glass of wine causes issues in pregnancy. Conversely, odds are decent right now that if I’m living in certain areas of the country and I go about my life that I will become a part of a covid chain of communicability. And if I am in a chain, the odds that I have contributed to an actual persons death are pretty high. Even if I don’t get that sick myself. There are 260,000 dead Americans that have died in the last 9 months from this disease. This is a real and tangible risk that is higher than taking a sip of wine while pregnant

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