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The net effect of covid is going to hard to calculate. We may save a flu season, car crashes are way down, I don’t think crime is down in the US. Given the demo
by cm2187 6y ago
The net effect of covid is going to hard to calculate. We may save a flu season, car crashes are way down, I don’t think crime is down in the US. Given the demographics of covid deaths, it’s not clear that covid deaths will be much of a net positive beyond a year, but vaccination campaigns stalled, cancer screening stopped, no dental care, elective procedures postponed, obesity booming up, mental health issues, and the secondary effect of a serious economic crisis on health too.
- jeffbee 6y agoCar crashes aren't way down. In the first half of the year driving was down 17% but deaths per mile driven went up by 15%, so total deaths per capita was only slightly down. The pandemic has left us with only the more desperate people doing a lot of driving, and those are low-earning, highly stressed, chronically fatigued people in older cars. ETA: Speaking about the USA specifically.
- ouid 6y agoI think this is the wrong hypothesis about why cars are more dangerous right now. I am a much worse driver right now than I was a year ago because it has been a year since I have driven consistently. It's like riding a bike, in that you get worse at it if it's been a while since you've done it.
- Cerium 6y agoI agree that it is part of it. I know that the first time I got back in my car after the first month of staying at home I felt like I didn't know how to drive.
- throwaway987978 6y agoOr perhaps the most reckless drivers are going to be the ones still driving normally because they're not going to listen to the government.
- worker767424 6y agoI still maintain May BLM protests were part outrage, part cabin fever, part not having a job, the latter two being caused by covid.