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If it's just testing, why are hospitalizations up dramatically? I keep hearing the poverty argument and it seems baseless to me. Nothing is 100%, so I acknowle
by darkerside 6y ago
If it's just testing, why are hospitalizations up dramatically?
I keep hearing the poverty argument and it seems baseless to me. Nothing is 100%, so I acknowledge all of these scenarios are hypothetical. Still, we're trading deaths that are very hypothetical for deaths that we understand relatively well.
If you're really concerned about the poor, why not lead with solutions for that (e.g. increase funding for food banks, homeless shelters, and school lunches), instead of just tearing down solutions for COVID?
- 0xy 6y agoAre you saying you don't believe poverty has a direct link to mortality? That's been repeatedly proven across a wide range of different sources. http://news.mit.edu/2016/study-rich-poor-huge-mortality-gap-us-0411 http://news.mit.edu/2016/study-rich-poor-huge-mortality-gap-... Or are you saying that forcing businesses to close leading to layoffs, bankruptcies and foreclosures (which has already begun) don't cause poverty? The scientists recommending lockdowns totally disregard these facts, among other health impacts of being forced to stay home (mental and physical).
- darkerside 6y agoNo, I'm saying that you've presented a false dichotomy, that we should be solving the COVID problem, and that if you think the solution needs to be amended or extended in ways that mitigate associated poverty-based mortality, you should present those amendments instead of treating the issue as a reason to do nothing.