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Ok, simple basic counterargument. When is the pandemic over? When does the pervasive testing stop? The argument can - and will - be made that "unless we keep t
by RonanTheGrey 6y ago
Ok, simple basic counterargument.
When is the pandemic over? When does the pervasive testing stop? The argument can - and will - be made that "unless we keep testing until the end of the human race, you will all die tomorrow of a horrible virus-ridden death."
I don't particulary mind doing pervasive testing for awhile. I would desperately not want to live in a world where I could not feed my family unless I give into it.
- notahacker 6y ago> When is the pandemic over? When does the pervasive testing stop? When we stop seeing non-trivial numbers of test results. The idea that governments want to spend billions on mandatory virus testing outside every building until the end of the human race out of some Orwellian enjoyment of inconveniencing people is not supported by evidence. Even China isn't doing this. Back in the real world, even the SARS vaccination research programmes, which cost relatively little and inconvenienced nobody, were shut down when SARS stopped circulating and the even keeping a few scientists employed as part of a pandemic task force looking out for the future was a step too far for the US govt.
- RonanTheGrey 6y agoFair enough, I accept that premise. Let's revisit in like... 8 months.