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Help me understand your position. I look at table 2 and see almost 30k people that died DESPITE a nationwide lockdown. Given what we know about the virus, that
by betterattrib 6y ago
Help me understand your position.
I look at table 2 and see almost 30k people that died DESPITE a nationwide lockdown. Given what we know about the virus, that number would've hit 2M-4M had we not had the lockdown. What am I missing?
- mikem170 6y agoI think the idea is that as more data comes in it looks like this virus is not as bad as was first feared. There is no current data supporting a U.S. death toll of 2-4 million. And a lockdown at this point doesn't save any lives, it only postpones the inevitable spread of the virus. It is not reasonable to stay in lockdown for a couple years until there is a vaccine, not for a virus that kills only 1 of 500 people.
- bagacrap 6y agoyes, additionally, it is probably better to face the tide of covid cases during the warm weather rather than waiting for cold weather to compound its severity