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> Any death is unacceptable. vs. > what an acceptable death rate might be Maybe you just misspoke?
by jdminhbg 6y ago
> Any death is unacceptable.
vs.
> what an acceptable death rate might be
Maybe you just misspoke?
- leto_ii 6y agoI did not misspeak. I will try to clarify this once more: from an high level/abstract point of view, all deaths (I am now specifically referring to the coronavirus, but this works for deaths in general) should be avoided. This is obviously not possible in practice, hence some deaths have to be accepted. What can be considered acceptable is relative, but it helps to look at the countries that have managed to keep their deaths low and take their numbers as a yardstick for other societies.
- coding123 6y agoI think it was the wording. You said not acceptable and acceptable for the same exact thing. In this last post it was all deaths should be avoided, but that some deaths are acceptable. I think everyone can agree that all deaths _should_ be avoided, and probably those same people would agree that it would be impossible to attain that goal... specifically for Covid.