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I don't understand your logic. If you believe that policy* shouldn't be influenced by considerations like depression and abuse, why do we have policy about them

I don't understand your logic. If you believe that policy* shouldn't be influenced by considerations like depression and abuse, why do we have policy about them at all? The majority of people aren't depressed, yet we have all sorts of public facilities to help them. Do you think we shouldn't? * You say global policy, but none of this is global policy - it's all national policy.

scotty79 7y ago
Policy that attempts to help with depression pertains to depressed not everybody. Policies that affect everybody don't take into account special needs of various groups because there are so many groups with conflicting needs. You make one general policy and if that poses some challenge for some special needs group you make another policy for them. "Stay at home" for everybody. That causes problems for abused? Then make additional policy that ramps up services and education that helps people get away from their abusers. Who knows maybe even occasional contact with police that enforces quarantine will bring their abuse to attention? Maybe depressed will need special allowances for leaving the house? Maybe not. What about all the introverts and socially anxious people that will be relieved that their employer is now forced to offer them remote job? But we can't have global decision that vastly improves something for everybody blocked just because in its unamended form it might worsen conditions for some people.