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10,000 children per month are starving to death due to second and third order effects of the lockdowns. https://www.rt.com/news/496482-study-covid-hunger-child
by Consultant32452 6y ago
10,000 children per month are starving to death due to second and third order effects of the lockdowns.
https://www.rt.com/news/496482-study-covid-hunger-children-lancet/ https://www.rt.com/news/496482-study-covid-hunger-children-l...
The median life-span of an American is 78. The median age of death from Covid is 82. The more rational statistic is life-years lost than # of deaths. If a toddler dies, they have lost 70+ years of life. If an 80 year old dies, they might have lost just a couple years of life. Economic hardships for young adults will reduce their lifespans by several years, not counting drug and alcohol addiction, suicide, etc.
If I could trade a few of my years at 80+ to ensure a better quality of life for my child I would take that in a second. Practically every parent would.
The right path forward is to take appropriate precautions to protect the vulnerable while everyone else goes back to work. We may still have a lot to learn, but we know so much more about this disease than we did when we took "14 days to slow the spread." It's time to open up.
- geofft 6y agoThe actual study seems to claim that lack of school lunches is what's responsible for those 10,000 deaths per month. I agree that this is a problem worth solving. NYC did specifically solve that problem early because people realized it would be a problem, and school lunches (and summer meals) have been available for pickup without actually going to school. Also, no part of solving this problem requires reopening restaurants. I'm glad you're willing to nobly sacrifice your life, but what if we could save those 10,000 kids per month without opening back up? What if we could save more lives by keeping essential services operational and non-essential businesses closed with targeted government interventions to keep people fed and housed? Would you be willing to do that?
- Consultant32452 6y agoI understand economics well enough to understand you basically asked me if I would accept Santa is real.