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This. My prediction is that before this is all said and done, far more people are going to be killed by the economic fallout of bad reactions to Covid than the
by logicalmonster 6y ago
This.
My prediction is that before this is all said and done, far more people are going to be killed by the economic fallout of bad reactions to Covid than the disease itself.
Many people here are extremely privileged and can work remotely and haven’t been hit by the real despair many families in the real world are feeling. So many people don’t realize that not every job can be done over Zoom.
And it seems destined to get worse as the “never let a good crisis go to waste” mentality is going to go into overdrive next year as elitists around the world are going to try and ram through their power grabs that will make our current dystopia look like the good old days.
- ryandrake 6y agoWe (meaning most governments responding to the crisis) should have either 1. implemented and enforced severe, effective mass quarantine, causing a brief acute economic loss, but quickly beating the virus, or 2. ignored the virus and avoided the economic loss, accepting the cost of massive sickness and death. Yet, somehow, we all managed to 3. implement half-assed, unenforced stay-at-home "orders" and business closures with tons of exceptions and loopholes. This resulted in both major economic harm and widespread sickness and death. It's almost as if we're trying to make the worst decisions possible.