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So how many people do you think really died from covid? 500,000? 100,000? how many more would have died without the lockdowns? In your eyes, how many more deat
by micromacrofoot 3y ago
So how many people do you think really died from covid? 500,000? 100,000? how many more would have died without the lockdowns?
In your eyes, how many more deaths would have been acceptable if the economy would be stronger today?
We spent nearly $2 trillion in Iraq for a decade. 9/11 was the catalyst, and 3,000 people died.
I'm not saying you're wrong for being frustrated.
But to me these are all separate problems. The lockdowns almost certainly provided additional death. I think that's a noble cause. It wasn't only the elderly, even with lockdowns thousand of kids lost parents. No amount of being in school can fix that.
Now where's the $2 trillion for tutoring these kids and helping them catch up? that's what I'm mad about.
- arp242 3y agoI feel a single "deaths" number is not that useful of a metric, and something like "life years lost" would be better. A healthy 20 year old would lose ~60 years; a diabetic obese 60-year old much less. Of course we should take reasonable efforts to protect those more vulnerable to disease, but with more nuanced data like this you can better decide what "reasonable" is.