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I guess survival rate means a different thing from side effects. I would be still cautious with that statement and not underestimate it.
by nkjoep 6y ago
I guess survival rate means a different thing from side effects.
I would be still cautious with that statement and not underestimate it.
- macintux 6y agoNot to mention the side effect of the collapse of our healthcare system.
- whb07 6y agoI agree, by having a shutdown and mandatory at-home confinements and fear mongering, you have people not attending hospitals and the like for routine and checkups for more serious diseases.
- whb07 6y agoSide effects of shutdowns include: * depression * suicide * poverty -> famine and disease * missed education * dependency on gov * freedoms given up and transferred to gov I also agree that there are other side effects, just like every disease.
- marvin 6y agoSoooooo... If you were somewhat pragmatic, you'd acknowledge that a lot of people, maybe even a majority, actually support various social distancing measures and shutdowns. These measures certainly have a negative economic impact, irrespective of whether a negative economic impact would happen just due to the voluntary measures of these people. And regardless, wouldn't it be a net gain to deploy a vaccine? It would certainly be more effective at placating this group of people than implying they're all idiots. It would be a huge benefit towards resuming a relatively normal society, regardless of whether they're right or whether they're somehow all just a bunch of nervous morons. So why would you criticise it?
- whb07 6y agoI agree we should have a vaccine, I do not agree with mandatory shutdowns and all the negative down stream side effects which are PROVEN to be larger than the disease itself.
- abootstrapper 6y agoGonna need a citation on that all caps “proven.”
- hedora 6y agohttps://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/05/05/850470436/u-n-warns-number-of-people-starving-to-death-could-double-amid-pandemic https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/0...
- Emphere 6y agoCountries that didn't enforce strict lockdowns do worse economically https://www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives/blog/to-save-the-economy-save-people-first https://www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives/blog/to-save-the-...