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What a tendentious blog that is! Here's another one from April on how COVID is no big deal: https://www.manhattancontrarian.com/blog/2020-4-15-what-is-the-pro

What a tendentious blog that is! Here's another one from April on how COVID is no big deal: https://www.manhattancontrarian.com/blog/2020-4-15-what-is-the-proof-that-this-covid-19-thing-really-is-a-crisis https://www.manhattancontrarian.com/blog/2020-4-15-what-is-t... Doesn't it seem like the author is reasoning backward from a preferred conclusion, the way a lawyer might?

gwright 6y ago
That article isn't about COVID in isolation it is about whether the drastic economic shutdown was an appropriate response. I think that is still a very debatable item, but data from Sweden, for example suggests that it wasn't a good tradeoff. There is also evidence that social distancing and masks would have been a reasonable approach vs full shutdown mode. I'm not sure what to make of your "reasoning backward" statement. Just not sure what it means.