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Side effects of shutdowns include: * depression * suicide * poverty -> famine and disease * missed education * dependency on gov * freedoms given up and transf

• marvin 6y ago
  Soooooo... 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 ago
    I 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 ago
      Gonna need a citation on that all caps “proven.”
      • hedora 6y ago
        https://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 ago
  Countries 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-...