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Why do people obsess over the fatality rate to dismiss the pandemic, but ignore the long term impairment of many of those who survive? Second, why not learn fr
by solarengineer 6y ago
Why do people obsess over the fatality rate to dismiss the pandemic, but ignore the long term impairment of many of those who survive?
Second, why not learn from the Far East and adopt a mask wearing, social distancing culture and prepare and lockdown?
- nradov 6y agoHow many is many? What does the science tell us about the percentage of recovered patients who suffer long-term impairment? Pandemic control measures such as mask wearing and social distancing can be helpful to "flatten the curve" on a temporary basis but are obviously not sustainable and won't be sufficient to eradicate the virus. SARS-CoV-2 is now endemic and will be with us essentially forever, even after a vaccine is developed. People need to think about what can work over longer time frames while objectively weighing both costs and benefits.
- josephcsible 6y agoBecause there's going to be long-term harmful effects of the lockdowns too, that will be worse the longer they go on for. The real question is, why do people ignore that while making such a big deal of the long-term effects of the virus on survivors?
- frockington1 6y agoOne is easier to grasp. Someone coughing the rest of their life is easier to visually see than someone fresh out of college who is now getting a job as a delivery driver and may never recover economically.