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>”Our society has decided that nobody should die from COVID. That’s still the right answer.” This sentiment should terrify you. COVID is serious, but my god, t
by BuyMyBitcoins 5y ago
>”Our society has decided that nobody should die from COVID. That’s still the right answer.”
This sentiment should terrify you. COVID is serious, but my god, there are so much more dangerous and lethal things out there. You’ve basically just given your government a virtual blank check to do as it pleases so long as the threat is sufficiently scary.
>”many many more living with chronic conditions and the economy and society crippled.”
You’re saying this would happen with widespread Covid, but this same outcome can happen with excessive containment. So many mom and pop small business have closed in my town since the pandemic began. And I live in America, where we aren’t nearly as restrictive.
- shkkmo 5y agoHasn't NZ's draconian border restrictions been precisely what has allowed them to avoid the need to impose the types of burdensome local restrictions that threaten these small businesses?
- roca 5y agoExactly.
- jordanthoms 5y agoWe had less local restrictions than most other countries until delta hit 4 months ago - since then we've had a 3-month lockdown in our largest city and huge impact to small businesses, and we still have citizens locked out of the country. Deaths are comparatively low though.
- zacmps 5y ago> This sentiment should terrify you. COVID is serious, but my god, there are so much more dangerous and lethal things out there. You’ve basically just given your government a virtual blank check to do as it pleases so long as the threat is sufficiently scary. This is not even slightly true, if you were familiar with the local legislation and political climate you would know that; but you're not.