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What if the reaction to the coronavirus is worse than the virus itself?
by yters 7y ago
What if the reaction to the coronavirus is worse than the virus itself?
- b1ur 7y agoI agree to an extent. From a utilitarian standpoint, the economic damage caused by the virus is not outweighed by a mortality rate of 0.2%. That being said, coronavirus has the potential to become worse (more infections -> more mutation -> potential to mutate more aggressively or more resistant to our research) so minimizing infections is probably a good idea. Not to mention, people tend to get angry when you start assigning objective tangible value to human life.