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Counter to a lot of the sentiment in this thread, I think it's pretty obvious that a different set of ethical beliefs would result in advocating for a totally d
by electriccello 5y ago
Counter to a lot of the sentiment in this thread, I think it's pretty obvious that a different set of ethical beliefs would result in advocating for a totally different set of policies and that's how it should be. If even a single covid death is unacceptable to you (something I've heard expressed by a couple folks on the far left), then it's pretty obvious that advocating for continued caution is the right answer.
That said, obviously economic distress, depression and other factors are taking years off of people's lives too, any reasonable viewpoint must accept some level of tradeoff here.
- geoduck14 5y agoOne factoid that was shared with me at the beginning of this mess is: Humans are REALLY bad at responding to highly unlikely events. We see this in the pandemic: Someone MIGHT die -> respond out of fear I will CERTAINLY not die -> push for "freedom" We saw this with past calamities: twin towers -> hunt down the terrorists Great Recession (and Great Depression). Even personal trauma has an impact (personal job loss or a friend with cancer). I, personally, advocate for COMPASSION as I see people on both sides of the pandemic get buffeted back and forth by their emotions. Acknowledge that they are in a hard spot; they are gripped by fear, guilt, loneliness. People from every background are getting ripped up because of the uncertainty of how to respond to the pandemic. So I ask all of HN: The next time you see someone with a "crazy" opinion of the pandemic, be patient and show them love. Their life is probably hard enough, and they might need a friend.
- silicon2401 5y ago> I, personally, advocate for COMPASSION Sadly this is getting rarer every day. Nobody wants to show anybody else compassion, and people of every background are guilty of this.