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Public health is concerned with the health of the public -- which includes health issues induced by stress, poor nutrition, pollution, etc. (Ever notice how Afr

Public health is concerned with the health of the public -- which includes health issues induced by stress, poor nutrition, pollution, etc. (Ever notice how African Americans' life expectancy is much lower than that of white Americans? Public health experts have. They study it.) So, in this case, they're calculating that making strides against inequality will be worth the cost of more COVID-19 cases.

achenatx 6y ago
there are no calculations being done. They believe in the cause therefore it is justified. They dont believe in the cause of the other side (freedom of movement/commerce) and therefore dont believe they are justified. They are pretending to base it on science, when it is just another political opinion.
- TeaDrunk 6y ago
  "there are no calculations being done" Calculations on what, exactly? There are calculations done on how police brutality and systemtic racism contribute to decreased quality of life for black americans. It's considered widely acknowledged within the healthcare industry that black americans have statistically significant health disparities compared to other races, and that additionally it is statistically known that the covid19 shut down primarily affect the service industry, which hits people of color disproportionately towards white people (as people of color are less likely to have jobs that can be worked from home).
  - rhino369 6y ago
    Conceivably, you could do some sort of analysis on how much systemic racism has an impact on black lives as a measure of year of life lost, etc. But you'd also have to do the same for the 3 months they've taken from everyone else due to lockdowns. Until they do that sort of thing, its politics not a social science.
    - TeaDrunk 6y ago
      I mean, the idea is also that the 3 month lockdowns themselves have hard numbers behind them. From what I understand economists have themselves already modeled out the effect of covid-19 without a lockdown and found a lockdown is still more economically beneficial.
      - sojournerc 6y ago
        Do you have a source for those models? I'd be interested in seeing that.
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- hashmymustache 6y ago
  People denying this transparent shift to accomodate political advocacy are lying or intentionally blind to it.
zarathustreal 6y ago
That is absolutely not the case. Furthermore there is nothing wrong with inequality, the only way we could all be equal is if we were all the same person. Even then we would exist in different physical space and thereby find different opportunities. Consider how mentally sick a person would have to be to think they have the right or even the ability to weigh the value of someone else's life against the value of someone else's inequality.
- zepto 6y ago
  There is sometimes nothing wrong with inequality, and other times a lot wrong with it.
LudwigNagasena 6y ago
What is the model they use to make this calculations?

achenatx 6y ago

there are no calculations being done. They believe in the cause therefore it is justified. They dont believe in the cause of the other side (freedom of movement/commerce) and therefore dont believe they are justified. They are pretending to base it on science, when it is just another political opinion.

TeaDrunk 6y ago
"there are no calculations being done" Calculations on what, exactly? There are calculations done on how police brutality and systemtic racism contribute to decreased quality of life for black americans. It's considered widely acknowledged within the healthcare industry that black americans have statistically significant health disparities compared to other races, and that additionally it is statistically known that the covid19 shut down primarily affect the service industry, which hits people of color disproportionately towards white people (as people of color are less likely to have jobs that can be worked from home).
- rhino369 6y ago
  Conceivably, you could do some sort of analysis on how much systemic racism has an impact on black lives as a measure of year of life lost, etc. But you'd also have to do the same for the 3 months they've taken from everyone else due to lockdowns. Until they do that sort of thing, its politics not a social science.
  - TeaDrunk 6y ago
    I mean, the idea is also that the 3 month lockdowns themselves have hard numbers behind them. From what I understand economists have themselves already modeled out the effect of covid-19 without a lockdown and found a lockdown is still more economically beneficial.
    - sojournerc 6y ago
      Do you have a source for those models? I'd be interested in seeing that.
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hashmymustache 6y ago
People denying this transparent shift to accomodate political advocacy are lying or intentionally blind to it.

zarathustreal 6y ago

That is absolutely not the case. Furthermore there is nothing wrong with inequality, the only way we could all be equal is if we were all the same person. Even then we would exist in different physical space and thereby find different opportunities. Consider how mentally sick a person would have to be to think they have the right or even the ability to weigh the value of someone else's life against the value of someone else's inequality.

zepto 6y ago
There is sometimes nothing wrong with inequality, and other times a lot wrong with it.

LudwigNagasena 6y ago

What is the model they use to make this calculations?