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This, and similar comparisons, miss the economic damage an uncontrolled outbreak has. "Letting it run it's course" will result in large portions of the workfor
by dtech 6y ago
This, and similar comparisons, miss the economic damage an uncontrolled outbreak has. "Letting it run it's course" will result in large portions of the workforce being unavailable at the same time for months, and permanently reducing the workforce due to excess deaths and likely decreasing the long-term health and capability due to insufficient medical care of severe cases.
It's not a choice of doing nothing and having a stable economy at the cost of increased human suffering, it's a choice between severe economic damage because of lockdown measures and severe economic damage because of human suffering, healthcare costs and workforce capability reduction.
- colordrops 6y agoTwo problems with your response - first, you are putting words in my mouth. I said the opposite of "letting it run its course". Read the end of my comment. Second, how are you certain that alternative policies would be worse? That's my original point - that the numbers aren't really being investigated and compared. Please feel free to prove me wrong and provide links to comprehensive studies that account for secondary effects on society.