you could argue that, but you’ve yet to make a substantive and persuasive argument in that regard. besides stating your beliefs on the matter, you’d need to sho

you could argue that, but you’ve yet to make a substantive and persuasive argument in that regard. besides stating your beliefs on the matter, you’d need to show how other sets of mitigations aren’t nearly as effective, and why we’d need coercive force, given the real danger that poses to the existing balance of power. it isn’t just about whether we can stop this pandemic through technocratic means (sure, in theory, we could), but whether it makes sense for such a relatively weak pandemic (we shouldn’t). you can’t consider just the technocratic arena, but must also consider the inextricably-intertwined sociopolitical consequences as well.