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And it's that kind of asinine reasoning that we are approaching 1 year of Covid restrictions, instead of crushing it in a month.

jMyles 6y ago
This is the public health equivalent of "beatings will continue until morale improves." Crushing it in a month was only possible if a controlled, highly acute spread was permitted through a completely isolated low-risk tier. Lockdowns prevented a more acute spread, and thus increased the duration of the pandemic period, delaying endemic equilibrium.
esotericn 6y ago
Mental health doesn't respect 'reasoning'. If your policy requires humans to be robots, you are a bad policy maker. I followed the rules until it became clear that I was becoming psychotic as a result of extreme isolation and about to snap and hurt myself and others. To avoid a 100% suicide rate, I will take a 10% death rate. If you're interested in convincing me why I should sacrifice myself for your benefit, I'm all ears. Hyperbolic, 'holier-than-thou' messaging doesn't address the problem.
- objectivetruth 6y ago
  You called someone "hyperbolic" after you posted: "To avoid a 100% suicide rate, I will take a 10% death rate." Your only feasible options are to kill yourself or to flout social distancing rules? If your behavior resulted in the death of neighbors, their survivors might not be consoled by the fact that you weren't willing to seek appropriate mental health treatment. And yes, if you are imminently facing a psychotic break and contemplating suicide, you ARE having other issues beyond just "haven't seen my friends or family in person for a couple of months."
rayiner 6y ago
The idea of “crushing COVID in a month” is a fantasy, and in retrospect maybe it always was. Nobody has done it except a handful of remote island nations (Australia, New Zealand). Even Japan hasn’t managed to do it.

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And it's that kind of asinine reasoning that we are approaching 1 year of Covid restrictions, instead of crushing it in a month.

by OkayPhysicist 6y ago

jMyles 6y ago
This is the public health equivalent of "beatings will continue until morale improves." Crushing it in a month was only possible if a controlled, highly acute spread was permitted through a completely isolated low-risk tier. Lockdowns prevented a more acute spread, and thus increased the duration of the pandemic period, delaying endemic equilibrium.
esotericn 6y ago
Mental health doesn't respect 'reasoning'. If your policy requires humans to be robots, you are a bad policy maker. I followed the rules until it became clear that I was becoming psychotic as a result of extreme isolation and about to snap and hurt myself and others. To avoid a 100% suicide rate, I will take a 10% death rate. If you're interested in convincing me why I should sacrifice myself for your benefit, I'm all ears. Hyperbolic, 'holier-than-thou' messaging doesn't address the problem.
- objectivetruth 6y ago
  You called someone "hyperbolic" after you posted: "To avoid a 100% suicide rate, I will take a 10% death rate." Your only feasible options are to kill yourself or to flout social distancing rules? If your behavior resulted in the death of neighbors, their survivors might not be consoled by the fact that you weren't willing to seek appropriate mental health treatment. And yes, if you are imminently facing a psychotic break and contemplating suicide, you ARE having other issues beyond just "haven't seen my friends or family in person for a couple of months."
rayiner 6y ago
The idea of “crushing COVID in a month” is a fantasy, and in retrospect maybe it always was. Nobody has done it except a handful of remote island nations (Australia, New Zealand). Even Japan hasn’t managed to do it.