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0 pointstudelo5y ago0 comments

To be fair... you can stay at an airbnb and still be completely distanced from the owner of said airbnb. Yeah, you have to travel, but for many this is also possible without any close contact.

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whimsicalism5y ago

I can't guarantee, but my bet is the majority of people vacationing in Airbnbs aren't being distant. The marginal impact on deaths now is probably lower than it was in March, but only barely.

zeroonetwothree5y ago

I’ve stayed in Airbnbs many times (zero since March) and have not even once met my host in person.

whimsicalism5y ago

I'm not talking about interaction with the host, I'm talking about the general risks of traveling and then going to a new place where you are interacting with the people shortly after traveling.

My claim is that most of these people are not going on exclusively nature-exploration vacations, they are going to see people or to patronize their businesses.

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0 pointstudelo5y ago0 comments

To be fair... you can stay at an airbnb and still be completely distanced from the owner of said airbnb. Yeah, you have to travel, but for many this is also possible without any close contact.

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whimsicalism5y ago

I can't guarantee, but my bet is the majority of people vacationing in Airbnbs aren't being distant. The marginal impact on deaths now is probably lower than it was in March, but only barely.

zeroonetwothree5y ago

I’ve stayed in Airbnbs many times (zero since March) and have not even once met my host in person.

whimsicalism5y ago

I'm not talking about interaction with the host, I'm talking about the general risks of traveling and then going to a new place where you are interacting with the people shortly after traveling.

My claim is that most of these people are not going on exclusively nature-exploration vacations, they are going to see people or to patronize their businesses.

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