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Seeing a lot of comments doing the pandemic <—-> lockdown switch We are in lockdown because of the pandemic. Half the people don’t care, the other half don’t w

Seeing a lot of comments doing the pandemic <—-> lockdown switch We are in lockdown because of the pandemic. Half the people don’t care, the other half don’t want to get it - the economy is affected until those percentages budge

akvadrako 6y ago
That depends on what you mean by "because of". The pandemic is one factor that lead to the lockdown, but by itself it wasn't a sufficient condition; it was a free choice by politicians.
- foogazi 6y ago
  > That depends on what you mean by "because of". A direct response to the global covid pandemic > The pandemic is one factor that lead to the lockdown, but by itself it wasn't a sufficient condition; it was a free choice by politicians. Do you think there was another reason for the lockdown besides slowing down infections?
sershe 6y ago
That doesn't really follow. If we are burning down a house to get rid of ants, the house didn't really get destroyed by ants. And, it's quite obvious from the reality on the ground right now, as I said a month ago when it was becoming obvious, that pandemic by itself would have basically no effect on the economy. 1) Most working age people face very low risks. Shutting down plants because someone there got covid makes about 5-10 times more sense than shutting down plants because someone got the flu, but 5-10 times of almost 0 is still almost 0. 2) Even with constant fear mongering in the media and from the govt, people do not care. I've gone to sit down restaurants 4 times in the last couple weeks. 20 minute wait, we left to another almost full one; almost full; 60 minute wait and we left to get takeout; 20 minute wait. They are overflowing. Local tourist town was extremely crowded last weekend. Parks are crowded. There are traffic jams on the road going to/from the mountains (Hwy 2, WA state). The demand would totally be there if it were not for the lockdowns.

akvadrako 6y ago

That depends on what you mean by "because of". The pandemic is one factor that lead to the lockdown, but by itself it wasn't a sufficient condition; it was a free choice by politicians.

foogazi 6y ago
> That depends on what you mean by "because of". A direct response to the global covid pandemic > The pandemic is one factor that lead to the lockdown, but by itself it wasn't a sufficient condition; it was a free choice by politicians. Do you think there was another reason for the lockdown besides slowing down infections?

sershe 6y ago

That doesn't really follow. If we are burning down a house to get rid of ants, the house didn't really get destroyed by ants. And, it's quite obvious from the reality on the ground right now, as I said a month ago when it was becoming obvious, that pandemic by itself would have basically no effect on the economy. 1) Most working age people face very low risks. Shutting down plants because someone there got covid makes about 5-10 times more sense than shutting down plants because someone got the flu, but 5-10 times of almost 0 is still almost 0. 2) Even with constant fear mongering in the media and from the govt, people do not care. I've gone to sit down restaurants 4 times in the last couple weeks. 20 minute wait, we left to another almost full one; almost full; 60 minute wait and we left to get takeout; 20 minute wait. They are overflowing. Local tourist town was extremely crowded last weekend. Parks are crowded. There are traffic jams on the road going to/from the mountains (Hwy 2, WA state). The demand would totally be there if it were not for the lockdowns.