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i think at this point it is fair to say 'Covid damages the country' - whatever policy is pursued there are massive consequences. In 'let it rip' countries, not
by hunglee2 4y ago
i think at this point it is fair to say 'Covid damages the country' - whatever policy is pursued there are massive consequences.
In 'let it rip' countries, not only have thousands died but many more are now unable to work or else looking out for sick relatives. Up to 4 million US workers apparently in this situation, a part explanation of the labour force participation rate being what it is. All this is not to mention the potential long term debilitating of mass Covid infections could well lower the overall IQ of the population.
Pretty damaging alternative to Covid Zero
- AlbertoGP 4y agoYes, a neuroscientist friend of mine researching this says that maybe the Chinese know something we don’t about the long term effects. There was this article published (by someone else) in Nature on 2022-04-01 titled “Neuropathology and virus in brain of SARS-CoV-2 infected non-human primates”, that found neurlogical damage in monkeys even after mild symptoms: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-29440-z https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-29440-z There are other possible explanations for China’s policy, but this one concerns me the most.
- hunglee2 4y agoyes indeed, we are discounting the long term impact on individuals and the aggregate impact on society. The appropriate response to China's Covid Zero is should 'what do they know that we don't' rather than the dismissive attitude we mostly commonly see