Gambling and covid-19 : Which is more risky ?

[Jeremy Franklin]

Well, people can lose lives in coronavirus but at the same time people might lose their money and become hand to mouth because of gambling.

So i would like to know your opinion, whether you think gambling is more dangerous or coronavirus is more dangerous for the people ?

Why do you open these topics? Covid-19 has nothing to do with a gambling addiction. In my opinion you can't really compare those two things... Or do you also want to ask: What is more dangerous - gambling or a car crash? Sure you can survive both, but it might fuck up your life anyway.. So please can you stop opening these nonsense topics. We don't need another shitpost section, please move to the Altcoin-Board!

[plvbob0070]

Well, of course, the virus is more dangerous than gambling. The virus can kill people, and it spreads without the people knowing it. It affects people without their consent. In gambling, we have our choice of whether to gamble or not. The consequences of gambling depend on us, so basically it's our fault if we die in hunger because of gambling.

When we die because of the virus, it's the virus's fault. But when we die because of hunger, it's our fault because we know that it can happen once we gamble yet we still choose to do it. We don't have any choice with regard to the virus. But gambling addiction is our choice. In fact, gambling is not dangerous, it's the people. Gambling addiction is our fight within ourselves. COVID-19 is our fight against the virus.

[LogitechMouse]

I would say that gambling is less dangerous currently in the USA since all physical casinos, sports books, racetracks, slot machines places are all closed. The only thing is the lottery at essential stores

I am not talking about the current times where we cannot go to gambling. I am talking in general like online gambling (losing money or risk of losing) is more risky or corona virus (losing life or risk of losing life) ?

Losing money can be recovered but losing your life just because of this virus can't be.

There is no connection between the two in terms of more risky because we know it already that life is more important than the money right now. There are some rich people out there who can't use their money because they can't buy anything that can recover them against the virus since at this time, there is no vaccine for it. Right now money is powerless if you can't protect yourself from this virus. The best thing that we can do is to donate the money if we have some spare (for the rich ones) and for the poor to average ones, helping other people thru not going outside will be a helpful one already.

Life is more important than money so I'll choose the virus to be more risky .

[btc78]

Well, people can lose lives in coronavirus but at the same time people might lose their money and become hand to mouth because of gambling.

So i would like to know your opinion, whether you think gambling is more dangerous or coronavirus is more dangerous for the people ?

Virus can take lives easily while gambling will take addiction first before it can possibly take life(from suicide or some is making a crime because of money needs) so basically gambling is not that much risky(talking about Life and not money right?)


but how come that you come to this comparison mate?though this is not that comparable lol.

[Ziskinberg]

But gambling addiction is our choice.

It isn't, no one chooses to be addicted in gambling because we know it will destroy our lives.
Thing is we are just irresponsible sometimes that we haven't notice we are already addicted in gambling, and we will only change if we lose everything as we will be learning the hard way, some people sell their property just to gamble and only later they realize that they are already addicted to gambling.

[Periodik]

But gambling addiction is our choice.

It isn't, no one chooses to be addicted in gambling because we know it will destroy our lives.
Thing is we are just irresponsible sometimes that we haven't notice we are already addicted in gambling, and we will only change if we lose everything as we will be learning the hard way, some people sell their property just to gamble and only later they realize that they are already addicted to gambling.

Gambling is indeed our choice, but addiction is not. Nobody forces us to be gamblers. In fact, even addiction, if we broken it down to small pieces, it could even be perceived as something that is made up of smaller free choices. You are perfectly free when you decided to go to the casino every time you don't have anything to do. You are perfectly free as well when you decided to set aside a big amount for gambling. Add all that up and you might eventually become addicted to it.

Corona virus, on the contrary, is never a choice. We cannot see it and we cannot tell whether a person is infected or not. That makes it much riskier than gambling.

[DabsPoorVersion]

So i would like to know your opinion, whether you think gambling is more dangerous or coronavirus is more dangerous for the people ?

For me, coronavirus is more dangerous for everyone,

It is a virus that has no cure yet and your recovery will depend on how your body will fight the virus itself. The possibility of survival is 50/50, if you recover, you are lucky, if you die, it is the end for you.

[Question123]

Where did you get this idea? Because gambling and covid 19 is very different to each other. It is not the time for us to thinking about what is more risky it is gambling or the coronavirus.

All to do now is how to stopped that virus because we are all affected and our lives will be danger because once you get that virus they have possible a person will die.

Gambling is risky and we know that beut remember that is their choice a people to play and use their money but the virus that is not choice of us because we don't want that.

[Janation]

Well, people can lose lives in coronavirus but at the same time people might lose their money and become hand to mouth because of gambling.

So i would like to know your opinion, whether you think gambling is more dangerous or coronavirus is more dangerous for the people ?

I think these two are the same as risky and dangerous.

Gambling can get people addicted. They would be destroying their lives and could also destroy other people's lives close to them. It destroys life and it is said that 2.6% of people in the US are addicted to it. Though gambling is risky, CoVid-19 is dangerous. Just after a week, it already killed 10K lives in the US, despite 1 out of 5 people committing suicide in US, I think CoVid-19  is the worst.

[ethereumhunter]

Gambling addiction is something related to mental, and it can end with losing the money and everything, even someone can end his life because of gambling.

Covid-19 is something related to health, and it can end with death.

But gambling addiction and covid-19 can be cured with the right medicine.

But Covid-19 is more dangerous than gambling addiction because the virus attacks someone's health fast.

[Zeke_23]

Gambling is a long process that affects not only the financial but also the mental issue of a certain individual, while covid-19 is type of virus that is rapidly affects everyone, financially and its health. Covid-19 is more risky due to this reason, it can spread so fast that anyone can be a carrier of the virus and lose its life without having any options to continue to live.

[Chrystora123]

No offense but this is a pretty stupid question. Gambling can lead to suicide but there's a way to stop it. If you catch the virus and your immunity system is downhill already, good luck stopping it from screwing around.

Big, big difference between the two and literally no link between them... One is an addiction leading to suicidal thoughts, the other is a virus ..

it looks like the OP is causing mass confusion .  Gambling is a choice while Covid-19 is a disease that everyone does not want to be elected, so in broad outline, these two should not be tried to connected.  @OP.. a little correction, the question should be like this;
"Gambling and falling in love: which one is more risky?" (because both of them are one of the causes of suicide) or
"COVID-19 and cholera: what's more risky?" (because both are plagues) 

#no offense 

[ShowOff]

I feel a little interested in knowing the purpose of the question you are asking.

Corona and gambling are two different things, and the effect will also be different. Corona is a virus that is classified as a pandemic and was found in late 2019 which can result in death everyone if the treatment is not optimal. While gambling is not said to be a disease and this activity is called a game that involves money.

Dependence on gambling might have an impact on health, finances, and can also result in heavy addicts having to end in death for various reasons such as being killed for being unable to pay debts, committing suicide due to depression or others.

[spike420211]

Pretty strange question.
This can affect your decisions, which ultimately lead to a lower standard of living, which does not mean that you cannot break the cycle and get rid of it.
The virus is a spontaneous thing, you don’t know how your body will react to contact with it, for example, you can infect others, for example your loved ones. While gaming addiction is not transmitted in this way.

[noormcs5]

I feel a little interested in knowing the purpose of the question you are asking.

There is not a special purpose on asking this question. I would rather like to develop a poll for it to collect the exact numbers of vote of each.
I have just a feeling that gambling is as risky as a virus, specially  those who are addicted to gambling.

[LbtalkL]

There is no need to ask between gambling and our life? We already know the answer "Covid19", Our life is at stake with this covid we cannot play gambling anymore if we are sick. I hope everyone there is safe just play online casinos, But I am sure physical casinos are also close now in this crisis. It is okay to lose all of our money than losing our life, we can make ways to earn money if you lose your life it is the end.

[dothebeats]

I'm sorry but this is a rather stupid question to ask. A virus that can potentially infect 3 people from a single vector within a span of a few seconds is definitely more dangerous than gambling games that can be controlled and can be shut down at will by the government. With the current pandemic, you are looking at hundreds of thousands of people potentially dying and some with severe lung fibrosis even if they managed to survive, whereas in gambling people can just stay the hell out of the game and live a normal life sans the thrill and excitement of gambling. Gambling is avoidable, but the virus? You'll never know whether you have it or not unless you get checked.

[erep]

Has gambling disturbed your sweet dreams every night during the current pandemic?
It's ridiculous to compare gambling with COVID-19, but from your addiction to betting it might look normal and I understand it feels far from casino tables and chips.

[crwth]

Weird analogy, but the same results, is that what you mean? I don't believe it's the same causing because Corona Virus is not intended, gambling is. If you get the coronavirus, you can be healed by medical and scientific means. Addiction to gambling is self-done. It's weird to compare both of them.

[matchi2011]

There is no need to ask between gambling and our life? We already know the answer "Covid19", Our life is at stake with this covid we cannot play gambling anymore if we are sick. I hope everyone there is safe just play online casinos, But I am sure physical casinos are also close now in this crisis. It is okay to lose all of our money than losing our life, we can make ways to earn money if you lose your life it is the end.

Simple and direct, if you lose your life there's no way to regain and be happy again, while in the other side,  if you lose so much money and time due to your addiction you are still capable to restore yourself and as long as you have your life and the will to move forward. Too much addiction can be cure while covid until now there's no clear antidote to kill this virus. Be safe and choose life..