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yes. would letting the original strains run amok freely have been better? I guess more people would have died, but it would have been over sooner.
by convolvatron 5y ago
yes. would letting the original strains run amok freely have been better? I guess more people would have died, but it would have been over sooner.
- martythemaniak 5y agoSome places have been pretty close to "let it run amok", ie indifference by the population and government, widespread antivax sentiment, etc. I'm talking about places like Bulgaria, Russia, etc. They have seen around 0.75% of the population die. Letting the original run freely would have likely cost at least 1% of the population, plus the long covid, lack of treatment for other conditions etc.
- dehrmann 5y agoDeath counts are also hard to compare because earlier variants already killed a lot of high-risk people. Would we rather have a widespread epidemic we know less about and can control or a less deadly one we have treatments for, but have limited control over? It's hard to say. It'll be interesting to see what happens with omicron in China where they're trying their hardest to control it.