Because it's death and it's easy to understand over long covid. And at the economic and government level, there exists a calculus for determining the "value" o

Because it's death and it's easy to understand over long covid. And at the economic and government level, there exists a calculus for determining the "value" of a citizen to determine whether to address a situation. There's a good Planet Money episode on this. [1] "They say a human life is worth about $10 million." It's a pretty messed up thing to try and determine, the dollar value of a person's life, but if you have to make tough policy decisions then it's a tool. [1] https://www.npr.org/2020/04/15/835571843/episode-991-lives-vs-the-economy https://www.npr.org/2020/04/15/835571843/episode-991-lives-v...