> Not devaluing the lives of the elderly is implicitly devaluing the lives of the not elderly. This is a trade off that was given almost no consideration in the

> Not devaluing the lives of the elderly is implicitly devaluing the lives of the not elderly. This is a trade off that was given almost no consideration in the greater (US) discussion. It did though. We are going back to normal for the most part, despite the continuing risk to the elderly. Early lockdown was for everyone since very little was known about the disease. > Choosing to focus on masks and vaccines while ignoring obesity removes are principled arguments for the former. It's an obvious matter of practicality. Masks are easy and fast and will, statistically, do more good than a country wide weight loss drive. Would it be better long term if the country was fit? Yeah, for far more reasons than COVID. That's not practical though, as evidenced by the governments pre-existing desire and failure to make that happen. > Like you, people claimed forced vaccinations were justified by externalities - but the same logic was not applied to forced weight loss. Which is completely consistent with the state of the world pre-covid?