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Our immune systems are only 99.9% effective? I'm scared, we should lock down the economy, ban church (protests & riots are fine), and mandate face coverings and
by meekmind 6y ago
Our immune systems are only 99.9% effective? I'm scared, we should lock down the economy, ban church (protests & riots are fine), and mandate face coverings and gloves. Who cares if millions starve [0] as long as less than 0.1% of the population doesn't have complications or die from COVID-19?
[0] https://www.wfp.org/news/wfp-chief-warns-hunger-pandemic-covid-19-spreads-statement-un-security-council https://www.wfp.org/news/wfp-chief-warns-hunger-pandemic-cov...
- dm319 6y ago0.1% of the population is a big number. If we had some mechanism in place to prevent starving, would you be keen to save lives?
- nickthemagicman 6y agoRight! .1% is less than cancer and heart disease and innocent people killed in the middle east wars but still more than the flu!
- nickthemagicman 6y agoYeah we do actually. The solution is to increase the economy so people can get jobs to eat food.
- dm319 6y agoThe cost to life, combined with sick leave due to illness, long term sequelae of the disease, medical bills and vulnerable people choosing not to do the things they did before, altogether means that the economy will be impacted lockdown or no lockdown. It's a matter of degree and depends what kind of lockdown we're talking about.
- nickthemagicman 6y agoAgreed 250,000 dead vs 100 million people in poverty. The choice is pretty clear to me.