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In a place like Uganda, an empowered strongman is a greater threat than the pandemic itself. In fact, worldwide, actual loss of life seems like one of the least
by dr_dshiv 6y ago
In a place like Uganda, an empowered strongman is a greater threat than the pandemic itself. In fact, worldwide, actual loss of life seems like one of the least of the threats emerging from the pandemic.
- ben_w 6y agoOver a million dead despite the lockdowns and travel restrictions and the working from home: https://ourworldindata.org/covid-deaths https://ourworldindata.org/covid-deaths Strongmen can invent reasons from nothing, and often do.
- Dumblydorr 6y agoThe specter of healthcare collapse has led to strict lockdowns and economic pain in many countries. If we hadn't taken many of the actions we did in the Spring, we would've seen far more deaths and calls for stronger government responses. Deaths are an important metric, but not the only one, and it's probable we could've been 2-3X higher in deaths with much more "freedom" in our daily lives.