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> Oppositions to lockdowns were always about tradeoffs and whether they were worth it. Its just such a boring critique. Fully agreed; saving lives / community
by boston_clone 3y ago
> Oppositions to lockdowns were always about tradeoffs and whether they were worth it. Its just such a boring critique.
Fully agreed; saving lives / community responsibility is the noble choice. Unfortunately, many folks in states with poor education (e.g., Texas), would make remarks questioning the actual existence of the virus - even after Trump contracted it and was treated at Walter Reed.
But, work on a vaccine began almost immediately, no? I trusted that shifting the focused lens of US policy toward medical research would produce some incredible results, especially with the private sector pharmaceutical behemoths battling it out, so to speak.
- anthonypasq 3y agoyes "started." there was literally no guarantee we would even have a vaccine at all. There was absolutely no historical precedent for development and deployment of a vaccine with a year of virus discovery. it was incredible achievement and government official literally bet the entire world economy on it for some reason i still cant understand.
- thedrbrian 3y agogive how many people seem to catch covid after having the vaccine, was it worth it?
- boston_clone 3y agoConsidering the risk of dying was unequivocally reduced, this is an obvious “yes”.