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They should set up a big clock, like the national debt clock, that counts up the lives saved through various pandemic response techniques (subtracting actual fr
by whatshisface 5y ago
They should set up a big clock, like the national debt clock, that counts up the lives saved through various pandemic response techniques (subtracting actual from forecast deaths?).
- AlexandrB 5y ago
- AlexTWithBeard 5y agoAgree. Add lives saved by various requirements. Subtract lives from increased traffic fatalities [1]. Multiply by the number of businesses decapitated by lockdowns. Do you know what we gonna end up with? I don't... [1] https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/climate-and-people/car-crashes-fatality-rate-covid-19s-paradoxical-impact-road/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/climate-and-people...
- whatshisface 5y agoYou would not literally want to multiply by the number of business but I would be open to a dollar to life conversion made on the basis that you can spend money to feed people and perform medical services.
- chasd00 5y agoThat's nonsense. So pedestrian fatalities go down because everyone is trapped inside. Does that count as lives saved? If so then put a sentry in everyone's home and keep them there forever. Think of the lives saved!
- whatshisface 5y agoKeeping things grounded, fatalities prevented by a policy are indeed lives saved.