Herman Cain demonstrated how bad his judgement is, and he’s paying the price for his ignorance now. Hopefully others learn from this and listen to medical experts and scientists. It’s not rocket science - wear a mask and avoid indoor prolonged social contact. Avoid auditoriums with crowds. Avoid crowded spaces. Duh.
Cain is part of the reason America is performing like a 3rd world country in its response to the virus outbreak.
Even if the price is as low as sitting in a hospital for two weeks it isn’t a price I would want to pay for my “ignorance”. The price could have been much higher.
A week in the hospital with an incurable illness is no price for a guy in his 70s? I think it is. I think it probably scared the crap out of him. And he’s still not out of the woods. And he probably will suffer later health issues because of it.
Could have been. Wasn’t. It was a price of cents, not dollars and hyperbole does little in this instance to advance any meaningful discussion. I’m tired of the inability of people to just deal in facts with reasonable levels of reaction.
This guy put himself in the hospital due to his own stupidity. He could have followed a few basic protections and avoided the whole thing. But he chose not to. He’s an idiot at best; an absolute embarrassment as a leader or person of influence.
It is reasonable to think had Cain wore a mask and been surrounded by those who wear masks that he might have avoided sitting in a hospital for two weeks. His time in the hospital is fact, not hyperbole. Saying the price could have been much higher is not hyperbole either.
When we use the phrase “paid the price”, we dont mean minimal prices. The phrase is intended to bring to mind severity. In Cains case, the price was minimal. It simply was. He was inconvenienced with a hospital stay significantly less than those with severe cases of Covid 19.
Nor does the phrase include possibilities of what it could have cost. It trades in what it actually cost.
In Cain’s instance, it cheapens the phrase, cheapens the actual price, and clouds the issue.