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> if we under-react and 20 million people die, then another harm would have been caused And it's worth noting if anything on the order of millions of people di
by wwweston 7y ago
> if we under-react and 20 million people die, then another harm would have been caused
And it's worth noting if anything on the order of millions of people die, then there going to be economic impacts -- that's a hell of a demand crater and productivity shock.
- Gibbon1 7y agoWorst case. Instead of quickly developing herd immunity, the US ends up with persistent low level outbreaks over two to three years like the 1918 flu. If that happens the rest of the world will quarantine us.
- ClumsyPilot 7y agoWhat are you trying to say? If the rest of the world would develop hard immunity, they would have no need to quarantine you.
- Gibbon1 7y agoAssume they don't, assume they manage to stop community spread of the disease instead. Then they don't have herd immunity.