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> In a good chunk of the world, we X'd as hard as we can. A good chunk of the USA very explicitly did not "X" anywhere near as hard or smart as they could have
by EForEndeavour 6y ago
> In a good chunk of the world, we X'd as hard as we can.
A good chunk of the USA very explicitly did not "X" anywhere near as hard or smart as they could have.
- ryandrake 6y ago"Lockdown" pretty much never happened in the USA. There were these half-assed stay at home orders, which in practice ended up being voluntary and unenforced. People were out horsing around and very few enforcement actions happened, despite most of the orders being enforceable as misdemeanors. Fortunately most people voluntarily did the right thing, but not enough for it to matter.
- jerf 6y agoMileage varied significantly on those. I haven't seen a lot of evidence that better participation led to proportionately better outcomes. Besides, lockdowns, which have never really been done like this before, may just be something that can not work. You can't suddenly demand that everyone in a society be in the 80%th percentile of conscientiousness, and also be just hunky dory with not going to work anymore and being under effective house arrest for extended periods of time. This is probably one of those cases where HN is not equipped to make an accurate assessment, being exceedingly preferentially chosen from high conscientiousness and college-educated populations (as, if nothing else, college indicates a certain amount of discipline). If you project yourself and your peers out onto society, you are going to grossly misunderstand the real society. Plans to avoid contagion need to deal with the society that we have, not the one we want.
- ebalit 6y agoWhat do you do of the effects of lock-down in European countries?