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There are several causes of death that are responsible for 500+ deaths per day in the US, most of which are significantly preventable. We do not treat any of th

• onion2k 5y ago
  There are several causes of death that are responsible for 500+ deaths per day in the US In the case of things like car crashes, there's a significant benefit of using cars that means we choose to tolerate deaths as part of the cost of having easy access to transport. The same is true of many things that kill people. The utility of the cause of the deaths means the cost is accepted. I don't think there's a strong argument in favor of the usefulness of Covid.
  • flyingfences 5y ago
    > I don't think there's a strong argument in favor of the usefulness of Covid. The strong argument is in favor of not living life as though we were amid a crisis, locked down and paranoid.
  • marcosdumay 5y ago
    There is a strong argument in favor of not locking people down, not closing the stores, not forbidding people to get together, etc. They are even stronger than anything you may think for private cars. There is even an argument in favor of not requiring masks. It's a much weaker one, but the benefits are not large either because masks on the general population are not very effective against omicron.
  • rubyist5eva 5y ago
    > I don't think there's a strong argument in favor of the usefulness of Covid. There is definitely a strong argument in favour of not shutting down an economy because of it.