Let's not forget that there are two components to this:

1) we need to protect ourselves and be careful about what we reveal

and

2) an ethical consideration of how we react when others feel vulnerable.

We have a survival responsibility to ourselves, but a moral responsibility to our fellow members, with or without the guidelines.

So, bottom line is that the updated guidelines state:

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