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> lockdowns are QALY negative because they harm the young to save the old/infirm. You seem to be framing this that the opposite is QALY positive and we should
by irjustin 6y ago
> lockdowns are QALY negative because they harm the young to save the old/infirm.
You seem to be framing this that the opposite is QALY positive and we should not lockdown. Harm the old/infirm to "not harm" the young.
As other comment state, this is a "pick who suffers" exercise. Sadly, we can't save everyone. We can only do our best.
- AnHonestComment 6y ago> We can only do our best. Maximizing QALY is the standard medical tool to decide what “do our best” means. If something is QALY negative, it means we were better off doing nothing — “do nothing” is the zero line for QALY analysis. The classic example is stopping chemo for terminal cancer patients or deciding which of two patients receives an organ. “Not lockdown; do nothing” is the zero line for evaluating responses to the pandemic — so yes, if our current plan is QALY negative, we should have done nothing. The current plan has an expected net loss of quality years of life.