“Better” is a vague term. We could reduce a ridiculous number of deaths by reducing the speed limit on all roads and highways to 25mph, but we don’t. The trad

“Better” is a vague term. We could reduce a ridiculous number of deaths by reducing the speed limit on all roads and highways to 25mph, but we don’t. The trade off isn’t worth it to most people. Zero COVID policies made some amount of sense when we thought a vaccine that would work really well was around the corner, as the effect on daily life would be temporary.