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I really don't wanna argue covid stuff online ever again, but let's have one final comment. It is insane, because unless you plan to become a hermit kingdom fo

by keyme 4y ago

I really don't wanna argue covid stuff online ever again, but let's have one final comment. It is insane, because unless you plan to become a hermit kingdom forever, you can never keep something like the omicron strain out as long as the rest of the world exists. It will eventually get in. You will eventually lose control. The death toll will eventually be the same regardless. All you do is delay the inevitable, while your policies are additionally causing internal societal damage (economical, psychological, political, etc) that rivals any reduced death toll you managed to avoid .

hapiri 4y ago
>The death toll will eventually be the same regardless. A quick Google show me Taiwan has 800 deaths so far. Massive 1M deaths does not seems very "inevitable" to me.
josephg 4y ago
> It will eventually get in. You will eventually lose control This is has been happening in Australia since January. We've essentially removed all restrictions at this point, and we're letting covid do its thing. I think we've had more covid deaths this year than we had in 2020 and 2021 combined. The difference that delaying made is that we're only "letting it rip" after 85% or so of our population is fully vaccinated. (Everyone who wants a vaccine has one.) And the vaccines are a really big deal - they have a massive dampening effect on covid's mortality rate. > The death toll will eventually be the same regardless. We'll see, but I doubt it.