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>If anything like that happens, the US and other countries that made a complete wreck of our response are going to be fucked. A 50% or 100% mortality rate woul
by c_o_n_v_e_x 4y ago
>If anything like that happens, the US and other countries that made a complete wreck of our response are going to be fucked.
A 50% or 100% mortality rate would keep even the most pro-liberty people home. The issue is that COVID was nowhere near the civilization killer that is was made out to be. Some countries/states recognized this and rightly decided to not lock society down.
- SkyMarshal 4y agoThe problem is, COVID19 was essentially a zero-day, an exploit against human physiology we had never seen in the wild before, and didn't know how bad it would be in foresight. Any response to a novel outbreak that spreads rapidly, like COVID, needs to err on the side of caution initially, until we have better knowledge of the short and long term effects. And it wasn't a civilization killer, but US excess mortality rate during COVID exceeded total US deaths of WWII, among other great cullings. It was worth taking seriously and striving for a competent response.