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>Too much freedom is just as harmful as too little. Covid killed what, 0.1% of the population at most, and the average age of death was over 80. Stalin, Mao an
by logicchains 6y ago
>Too much freedom is just as harmful as too little.
Covid killed what, 0.1% of the population at most, and the average age of death was over 80. Stalin, Mao and Pol Pot killed well over an order of magnitude more than that.
- ben_w 6y agoIt killed 0.185% of the UK with restrictions in place that limited the infections to 6.28% of the population. Unconstrained spread would’ve been a bit over one order of magnitude worse, even if that hypothetical somehow managed to avoid overwhelming the NHS with exponential growth making half of all cases happen in the final doubling period.
- deleted 6y ago[deleted]