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I also see a familiar pattern with sentiments like yours. There is little to no concern for people whose livelihoods or psychological health were harmed by heal
by ctrlp 5y ago
I also see a familiar pattern with sentiments like yours. There is little to no concern for people whose livelihoods or psychological health were harmed by health policies that prioritize the vulnerable minority over everyone else, including children. Health policy diktats aimed at saving every life will inevitably harm many in subtle and not-so-subtle ways. Will the cumulative harms ever be counted? Not likely as it would destabilize the comfortable narrative many of us rely on to justify our prejudices.
- vxNsr 5y agoI’ve seen arguments made that we’ve lost a significant number of ppl due to suicide, dementia, etc.
- tomrod 5y agoIt's possible. We can compare year over year deaths to investigate excess deaths (which is really the best approach to fully appreciate the mortality impact). Such an analysis misses long term side effects like Long COVID, but does capture things like changes to traffic deaths and suicides. The CDC publishes this info.
- ImPostingOnHN 5y agoI don't think I've seen any evidence that there is little to no concern for those things unless you count "not getting your way" as evidence that nobody is concerned just consider the possibility that, that other people consider other things to be more harmful to individuals and society, and thus more important to prioritize when interests compete
- Jeema101 5y agoSure let's count them. Suicide killed 44,834 Americans in 2020. Covid killed half a million Americans from March 2020 to March 2021. Are you sure you're really as concerned about public health as you claim to be?
- ctrlp 5y agoSuicide is one harm. There are others. If you only care about the binary of life/death then you'd make a good bureaucrat, but you're missing out on a rainbow of human experience.
- dwaltrip 5y agoThis is why the vaccine is great. It vastly helps end the pandemic, while the worst thing 99.99% of people will experience from the vaccine is feeling sick for a day or so at most.