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I'm tired of the people who are demanding we all stay confined to our house indefinitely. I've seen tons of buzz on twitter that seems to think leaving with a m

I'm tired of the people who are demanding we all stay confined to our house indefinitely. I've seen tons of buzz on twitter that seems to think leaving with a mask and practicing social distancing is akin to murder. Suggesting that there's a responsible way to resume some activity with appropriate caution is viewed as reckless and inhumane. Has anyone tried quantifying the human cost of house confinement? If people are so concerned about the risk of not leaving, I think we need to start putting hard numbers around what these draconian measures are costing us. There is a cost and it's not even clear that have a good grasp of what it is. Outside of the human cost, there's major precedents and political ramifications. Are we entering a world where we'll constantly do similar hysterics around trendlines of deaths and micromanaging policy? Clearly preventable, chronic disease is a far more potent killer but less visible since it happens over a long time period.

ralston3 7y ago
That's the thing. It currently seems to be "obey the law or people will die and you're irresponsible" vs "I want my freedom to do as I please" I swear, I feel like we're at a time where American's can't agree on whether or not fire is hot. I saw someone reference Elon's tweet as being "MAGA" because he wants to reopen. So it's incredibly sad to see how the debate over reopening has like everything else...turned incredibly partisan. Why do I have to be a Trump supporter just because I want to get back to my life? I've seen people mention that the "one size fits all approach" - meaning that an elderly at risk woman and I, a young healthy person both have to follow the same rules, may not be helping the situation. No doubt here that that our local and federal leaders have failed us once again. Just a really unfortunate time here the ol' US of A.
- gnusty_gnurc 7y ago
  Yea it's bewildering. Even the science community on twitter seems to being eating itself alive. It's like people have lost the capacity to engage in discourse without immediately questioning motives and allegiances.
- TechBro8615 7y ago
  I blame the media for this. And I don’t just mean during this pandemic, but for the past couple decades (and especially from 2015 onward.) Dividing the audience is good for business. I really enjoyed the book Hate Inc by Matt Taibbi that examines this phenomenon.
  - mrfusion 7y ago
    Dividing the country also prevents real progress and preserves the status quo.

ralston3 7y ago

That's the thing. It currently seems to be "obey the law or people will die and you're irresponsible" vs "I want my freedom to do as I please" I swear, I feel like we're at a time where American's can't agree on whether or not fire is hot. I saw someone reference Elon's tweet as being "MAGA" because he wants to reopen. So it's incredibly sad to see how the debate over reopening has like everything else...turned incredibly partisan. Why do I have to be a Trump supporter just because I want to get back to my life? I've seen people mention that the "one size fits all approach" - meaning that an elderly at risk woman and I, a young healthy person both have to follow the same rules, may not be helping the situation. No doubt here that that our local and federal leaders have failed us once again. Just a really unfortunate time here the ol' US of A.

gnusty_gnurc 7y ago
Yea it's bewildering. Even the science community on twitter seems to being eating itself alive. It's like people have lost the capacity to engage in discourse without immediately questioning motives and allegiances.
TechBro8615 7y ago
I blame the media for this. And I don’t just mean during this pandemic, but for the past couple decades (and especially from 2015 onward.) Dividing the audience is good for business. I really enjoyed the book Hate Inc by Matt Taibbi that examines this phenomenon.
- mrfusion 7y ago
  Dividing the country also prevents real progress and preserves the status quo.