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I think Hanlon's razor applies here: "Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity". I'm in Spain, one of the countries that is do
by Al-Khwarizmi 7y ago
I think Hanlon's razor applies here: "Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity".
I'm in Spain, one of the countries that is doing way too little, way too late. When I see the measures and statements from our politicians, I don't see a machiavellian plan, I see stupidity. In fact, a prominent member of the government has been infected after attending feminist demonstrations on March 8 that anyone reasonably informed and intelligent knew shouldn't have been held in the first place, others also attended and could follow. If they were such diabolical masterminds, I doubt they would have done that...
- nmeofthestate 7y agoExcept there's not necessarily any malice exposed by this explanation. To incur massive economic cost is literally deadly. For example, in the UK austerity is blamed for tens of thousands of deaths (some people say 130,000, others 30,000). The unpalatable fact is that trade-offs need to be made when deciding how to tackle this. In the case of covid-19 I don't envy anyone who has to make these decisions, due to the exponential nature of infection spread making small changes in measures potentially have big results. We are all in uncharted territory. Hopefully the examples of countries such as Italy will help decision makers get it right, or perhaps more importantly will influence peoples' behaviour to reduce transmission. Also, I think he's wrong about the Y axis equalling "deaths" - the point is to keep cases manageable by the health system, which minimises deaths. Dragging things out doesn't necessarily improve outcomes for at-risk people.
- creaghpatr 7y ago>To incur massive economic cost is literally deadly. This is also the main argument against taking dramatic action to combat climate change.