We've come unacceptably close to a nuclear war, multiple times. The danger still exists, with China's blatantly illegal colonization project in the South China

We've come unacceptably close to a nuclear war, multiple times. The danger still exists, with China's blatantly illegal colonization project in the South China Sea. Beyond that, the interconnectedness mentioned in the article allows hysterias to spread globally at an alarming rate. By some estimates, the reaction to covid did 100X more damage to society than it mitigated: http://www.sfu.ca/~allen/LockdownReport.pdf http://www.sfu.ca/~allen/LockdownReport.pdf We saw childhood obesity rates skyrocket: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2783690 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2783690 Education attainment levels plummet: https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/coronavirus-leading-through-the-crisis/charting-the-path-to-the-next-normal/30-to-40-percent-of-minority-and-low-income-students-werent-learning-during-lockdowns https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/coronavirus-leadi... But the hysteria surrounding covid has made any kind of rational discussion on the costs of covid mitigation strategies impossible.