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> My question to HN is: what could be do better next time? About everything. For a start weighting in more factors like quality of life, economy, health (every

> My question to HN is: what could be do better next time? About everything. For a start weighting in more factors like quality of life, economy, health (everything else than the pandemic at hand & including mental health) than just just a few metrics. Second graduating the response to the dangerosity of the disease. It was clear 3 months in that only a small subset of the population was really at risk so it made no sense to punish the whole population. Young people were affected proportionally harder than older folks: best of social and love life gone, poor education for a few years, difficulty to enter the job market, while the people most at risk already lived for more than a century, have a home, often kids, etc. Third let citizens have basic human rights. I shouldn't have to right it, but if basic human rights like movement and commerce can be removed with a finger snap (they were) we are not living in a democracy. Four, don't push untested pharmaceutical products made by firms with proven contempt for human life on millions of people. Don't put resistants in camp (Australia) and don't censor divergent opinions like an autocracy: public debate must be this, a debate and made publicly. Five, base policies on real science, not the reverse around where "science" is twisted to fit a narrative.

taeric 4y ago
Somewhat agreed in direction, but disagree in statement. We weren't "punishing" the whole population. Nor were basic movement and commerce flat out taken from most people. There are some countries that did that, true, but I was always able to make it in to a mostly empty office to do work. And buying things was never fully impacted. I would love to see an even handed comparison of the different responses in all countries to know if any had meaningful impact. But with how wildly different the virus acted in places, I am worried nobody will believe any analysis. At the least, we know not everyone will. And I fully cede my understanding may be sadly behind. I remember the damage/death it was doing at the beginning in Italy and how we were all trying to not overwhelm hospitals. Then, the next few years had case counts that were off the charts, and I'm not sure what changed. Do we have a good handle on that, now?

taeric 4y ago

Somewhat agreed in direction, but disagree in statement. We weren't "punishing" the whole population. Nor were basic movement and commerce flat out taken from most people. There are some countries that did that, true, but I was always able to make it in to a mostly empty office to do work. And buying things was never fully impacted. I would love to see an even handed comparison of the different responses in all countries to know if any had meaningful impact. But with how wildly different the virus acted in places, I am worried nobody will believe any analysis. At the least, we know not everyone will. And I fully cede my understanding may be sadly behind. I remember the damage/death it was doing at the beginning in Italy and how we were all trying to not overwhelm hospitals. Then, the next few years had case counts that were off the charts, and I'm not sure what changed. Do we have a good handle on that, now?