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While the disease is horrible, risk mitigation must be done with science and statistics, not one-off emotional narratives. Some of the remedies which are being
by alpineidyll3 7y ago
While the disease is horrible, risk mitigation must be done with science and statistics, not one-off emotional narratives.
Some of the remedies which are being proposed for the pandemic would have human costs demonstrably higher than the virus itself.
I have seen more and more smart people adopting black and white attitudes that this is humanity's only risk, while numerically it is merely comparable to several other risks American's embrace daily including driving and gun violence.
My only wish is that policymakers set scientific priorities. Shutdown cruise ships and airplanes before schools. Manufacture tests and bailout individuals before worrying about banks etc.
- _bxg1 7y agoI agree when it comes to policy, but when it comes to individuals' personal decisions, there's this perception that it's going to be mild for anyone under 50 who doesn't have extreme special circumstances. This anecdote hits home the point that that isn't true, and that you should have a healthy amount of fear even if you're young and healthy.
- alpineidyll3 7y agoI agree. However I also think that it more people accepted the fact that a virus can come and wipe them out whenever, they might live with a little bit more intention :P. I'm the sort of weirdo with a skull on his desk though.
- xenonite 7y agoWell I am actually really glad that finally some first hand reports turn up, which gives life to the numbers and the highly censored videos. I would also be very interested to learn what affected persons do speculate about exactly where and how they could have been infected. Currently, most reports only state that the patient has "spent time in an affected country", which is rather unclear. The objective of asking this would be to learn how exactly the infection is spreading.