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> Many of those hypotheses coincided with claims that the lockdown was unnecessary or excessive. This is it. The (short-term) financial incentives to opening u
by aaron_m04 7y ago
> Many of those hypotheses coincided with claims that the lockdown was unnecessary or excessive.
This is it. The (short-term) financial incentives to opening up the economy are _massive_. Anyone trying to support that will jump all over some weakly supported hypothesis like this.
- concordDance 7y agoAs are the social incentives for those of us who are lonely and bored. A hypothetical young healthy man might be quite happy to accept 0.37% of people dying (the vast majority of whom are old and/or near death any way) if it means he doesn't have to put his life on hold for a year and can start dating again. Young males routinely take much higher risks for mating opportunities. I'm honestly surprised at the level of compliance so far, but I doubt it will last.
- aaron_m04 7y agoTrue, and that 0.37% number is probably the number with adequate hospital resources. If everyone caught this at once, there will be triaging of patients and the overall mortality rate would be higher.