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Most Americans have never had a month off work in their lives. It will probably help mental health for for them at least.
by sgc 7y ago
Most Americans have never had a month off work in their lives. It will probably help mental health for for them at least.
- Exmoor 7y agoThis comment is mind boggling to me. There is a incredible difference between "I'm taking a month off of work" and "I'm being forced to stay in my home, physically isolated from my friends and forced to be around those I share a home with 24/7, with the possibility of financial hardship in the near or far term." One is a vacation, the other is prison.
- sgc 7y agoIt's obviously not vacation, nor is it prison. But the weight of the American rat race is undoubtedly crushing to many.
- tempestn 7y agoI don't agree with the initial premise that suppression measures would potentially cost anywhere near as many lives as they would save. That said, I don't think it's reasonable to compare being off work due to a pandemic lockdown or similar circumstances to a month-long vacation. This will cause significant hardship and stress for many people. It's just that without measures to control the virus, you would still have those effects; they would just come due to fear after a bunch of people die, rather than intentional efforts.
- sgc 7y agoI don't think it's a vacation. But I do think it will have some potentially beneficial side effects, as well as the obvious negative ones.