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An IFR of 0.5% is still millions of people. Case fatality rate is comparable to the Spanish flu: * https://pmj.bmj.com/content/97/1147/273 https://pmj.bmj.com
by noelwelsh 5y ago
An IFR of 0.5% is still millions of people.
Case fatality rate is comparable to the Spanish flu:
* https://pmj.bmj.com/content/97/1147/273 https://pmj.bmj.com/content/97/1147/273
* https://www.cebm.net/covid-19/global-covid-19-case-fatality-rates/ https://www.cebm.net/covid-19/global-covid-19-case-fatality-...
As I understand it, reducing both inhalation and exhalation of the virus (i.e. everyone wearing masks) is more much more effective than reducing either one alone.
The classic formulation of rights under liberalism is "your rights end where mine begins". This makes it fairly clear that individuals don't have the right to transmit diseases to others.