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It was probably the right thing because it was conceivable to end up with 30 million pneumonia victims and no way to treat them all. But we shouldn't forget we
by erik_seaberg 7y ago
It was probably the right thing because it was conceivable to end up with 30 million pneumonia victims and no way to treat them all. But we shouldn't forget we had to waste 0.1% of all 328 million lives (one month/78.54 years under house arrest) and counting.
- empath75 7y agoI’m not under house arrest. I’m working from home with my family around me. I’m actually enjoying it for the most part. We’ve picked up baking, started going on walks together as a family. It’s not anything like dying for a month or whatever weird equivalence you’re trying to draw.
- Ensorceled 7y agoThey have made a calculation based completely on productivity and effect on GDP. The USA lost 1 month of "critical" productivity and we only have time with children, a resurgence of baking and netflix watched lists to show for it. That you and your family weren't part of the "dead" statistics didn't even factor into their equations.
- bestnameever 7y ago> But we shouldn't forget we had to waste 0.1% of all 328 million lives (one month/78.54 years under house arrest) and counting. It's only a waste if you need to waste it. I'm sure plenty of people are using this time to be productive doing things they would otherwise not have the time to do.
- viewer5 7y agonot going to work != wasting life
- erik_seaberg 7y agoLike many of us, I'm working from home. It's the rest of life that we're locked in from.