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> A major shift in thinking and priorites has to happen globally, on many different fronts to make humans less vulnerable to this kind of disease in the long-ru
by wtetzner 6y ago
> A major shift in thinking and priorites has to happen globally, on many different fronts to make humans less vulnerable to this kind of disease in the long-run.
I don't necessarily disagree with this, but I don't think the current mitigations can reasonably be long-term solutions. Think about how the lockdowns have caused small businesses to close down, people to lose their jobs, etc. We count deaths caused by COVID-19, but do we count the deaths and quantify the damage caused by our mitigation strategies?
- lsllc 6y agoAnecdotally: in my years on this planet, I've never known anyone who committed suicide (thankfully). However in the last 3 months, I've had both a friend and a relative kill themselves unexpectedly, both laid off since March, unable to work, financial issues, no hope and one just recently in an area just gone back into lockdown. It is very much easier for those of us who are able to WFH taking Zoom meetings in PJs with Amazon Fresh delivering groceries to the door. But for a big chunk of the populace, these are really hard times. I do not know what the right answer is, but you have a very good point.
- anoncake 6y agoWe are killing people to save others. It's the trolley problem, except we don't even know how many we save and how many we kill.