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There wasn't a consensus back in February that covid19 was the black plague. Even though we didn't have the data to justify shutdowns, governments everywhere sh
by deathgrips 6y ago
There wasn't a consensus back in February that covid19 was the black plague. Even though we didn't have the data to justify shutdowns, governments everywhere shutdown businesses because politicians won't personally feel the pain of job loss.
- crooked-v 6y ago> Even though we didn't have the data to justify shutdowns 0.2% of the entire population of New York City died over the course of a few months, even with a full lockdown in place.
- DuskStar 6y agoWhich is either evidence in favor of lockdowns or evidence that the lockdown was useless - one of the two.
- int_19h 6y agoWe had data to justify shutdowns on the basis of a possible (i.e. consistent with the data that we had) worst case scenario. Doing nothing while waiting for more data to narrow down is itself a risky choice.