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I partially own, while my parents run, a cafe that's pretty fucked. I'm incredibly aware of these concerns. I just think that health comes before economy. Witho
by madeofpalk 7y ago
I partially own, while my parents run, a cafe that's pretty fucked. I'm incredibly aware of these concerns. I just think that health comes before economy. Without healthy people, you don't have an economy.
- 6nf 7y agoWhat about 97% healthy people. Is that sufficient for an economy?
- smallgovt 7y ago> I just think that health comes before economy. I don't think we can make such a blanket assertion. The US markets have lost 10T in value over the past month. If the virus infects 70% of the US population with a 2% mortality rate, 4.2M ppl will die. It's obviously not so simple, but we're sacrificing $2.4M in market cap per life saved. At some point, the tradeoff makes no sense in light of the fact that we could invest in life saving technologies/solutions that save more lives down the road.
- madeofpalk 7y agoAre you saying 4.2 million people should die?
- smallgovt 7y agoYes, I'm saying at some point we should make the choice between a lot of people dying now and even more people dying later.