> What if the virus causes substantial disease burden years to decades down the road? We can't know, and should take every precaution to prevent its spread. Th

> What if the virus causes substantial disease burden years to decades down the road? We can't know, and should take every precaution to prevent its spread. This is the precautionary principle selectively applied, and it’s what’s so wrong with the “lockdown” debate. What if lockdowns cause substantial health problems years to decades down the road? We can’t know that either. Acting like Covid is the only thing whose aftereffects might be worse than we can tell right now is ignorance.