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I wish you the best. This debate has taken on all the fervor of a holy war, and putting out an contrarian position has been hugely unpopular. One thing I'd ad
by nostromo 7y ago
I wish you the best. This debate has taken on all the fervor of a holy war, and putting out an contrarian position has been hugely unpopular.
One thing I'd add: employment and health insurance are tied together in the US. The lock down dramatically increased unemployment, the majority of whom will not pay expensive Cobra costs, and will soon be uninsured. The opposite of what was intended may happen: we are now less prepared to deal with an increase in demands on healthcare than we were a month ago, as uninsured people tend to avoid hospitals until they're absolutely necessary.
- ryankemper 7y agoThanks. That point about health insurance is great and I think I should weave that into the part that talks about furloughing medical workers. I'll see about doing so after I take a break to eat some food. (As an aside, I'm pretty comfortable writing and can write pretty quickly but as you can imagine just getting to this first draft took a lot out of me.)