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> Who are we making these sacrifices for? A mostly online minority who comes out of the woodwork to shout down the idea of any risk acceptance as equivalent to
by version_five 5y ago
> Who are we making these sacrifices for?
A mostly online minority who comes out of the woodwork to shout down the idea of any risk acceptance as equivalent to murder, or any restrictions as no big deal (see the replies to your comment). These people don't even exist in real life, but somehow they are now setting the tone of public discourse and policy. It is literally like if policymakers started reading through the unmoderated comments on news sites in 2005 and started using them as a basis for what we all need to do. We really just need to ignore these people.
- MattRix 5y agoNot sure what you’re talking about. Policymakers have been talking to medical professionals and the people who run hospitals, since that’s where the biggest risk is in all this (that hospitals will be pushed well beyond capacity).
- encryptluks2 5y agoPolicymakers have been talking to donors and people that influence their decisions with money, since that is the biggest risk to them in all this. We're supposed to believe that relief checks sent out when COVID numbers were actually lower, but conveniently around elections was about helping people. When elections come up again we'll be hearing about relief checks again. If this was about helping people they would have been sending out masks and had tests kits long ago, and relief wouldn't have stopped.