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Your intentions can be noble, but did you, in aggregate, actually save lives? This isn't at all an easy question to answer, because some of the side effects of
by Aerroon 4y ago
Your intentions can be noble, but did you, in aggregate, actually save lives? This isn't at all an easy question to answer, because some of the side effects of what we did as a society will be felt for decades. The kids who missed two years of school might and up on a completely different trajectory as result. The businesses that closed because they weren't allowed to be open are also going to lead to completely different outcomes. Adding all of these up isn't as simple as just claiming that you were saving lives.
Ask yourself this: do you believe that the pandemic response by your government was perfect? If not, then wouldn't you want to know what could be done better and what mistakes were made?
- ImPostingOnHN 4y agoof course it was not perfect, and plenty of great suggestions for what could be done better next time have already come out. just a few off the top of my head: - more funding for the pandemic response, including in red states - more consistent enforcement of public health measures, including in red states - more assistance for businesses forced to close - more assistance to individuals forced to go without income
- nradov 4y agoNo businesses should have been forced to close in the first place. That was always pointless pandemic theater. And there should have never been any enforcement at all. Any measures should be on a voluntary basis.
- ImPostingOnHN 4y agoor, maybe some should have, and it wasn't, and there should have been, and they should not have been the important thing is that you got share your personal opinion, whether or not it is shared by a consensus of public health professionals OR of americans (it is not, by either)
- nradov 4y agoPublic health professionals are not competent or qualified to make those decisions.