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Also consider the fatality rate for youth was low compared to elderly, so it must have looked like we threw their education and recreation in the wood chipper f

Also consider the fatality rate for youth was low compared to elderly, so it must have looked like we threw their education and recreation in the wood chipper for grandma, when normally at least in modern times sacrifices are made by adults to the children not the other way around.

szundi 2y ago
Having a parent die is a blow as well I assume, so it was in their interest not to bring the virus home.
wredue 2y ago
Yeah okay. Elders go to war, or clean up nuclear disasters to save youth from it. Your hot take: Kill granny so I can get my nails done and eat at a restaurant.
- beaglesss 2y ago
  I doubt my under 5 year old knew much beyond she couldn't as easily socialize at a point in time where it was foundational. Sure she'd have been upset if granny died but I don't think the sacrifice calculus of that registered for her level of happiness, all she really understood was being couped up a bit more than she might have otherwise been. Whether anything we did actually saved grandma is of course speculative.
  - wredue 2y ago
    It isn’t “speculative”. This is, in fact, measurable. Countries with worse action resulted in higher deaths. More people having access to the care they needed in hospitals undoubtedly saved lives. Keep drinking that rich people coolaide though. One day, you’ll definitely be rich.
- Der_Einzige 2y ago
  Lt governor of Texas basically said this as an old guy and his old voters who voted for him loved it! If old people want to vote for the day of the pillow, why stop them?
  - wredue 2y ago
    Well. Yeah. They thought Covid was funny while blue states were disproportionately impacted early on. Then blue states took action while red one did not. Red states all of a sudden dominated per capita impact. Only when their voters were dropping like flies did they suddenly about face. Except that they already latched on to conspiracy theory so swinging the base was difficult. There are still people (op) who lie and state that lockdown did nothing, even after their god emperor did a 180. This is why latching on to fake news and conspiracy to rile people up is dangerous.

szundi 2y ago

Having a parent die is a blow as well I assume, so it was in their interest not to bring the virus home.

wredue 2y ago

Yeah okay. Elders go to war, or clean up nuclear disasters to save youth from it. Your hot take: Kill granny so I can get my nails done and eat at a restaurant.

beaglesss 2y ago
I doubt my under 5 year old knew much beyond she couldn't as easily socialize at a point in time where it was foundational. Sure she'd have been upset if granny died but I don't think the sacrifice calculus of that registered for her level of happiness, all she really understood was being couped up a bit more than she might have otherwise been. Whether anything we did actually saved grandma is of course speculative.
- wredue 2y ago
  It isn’t “speculative”. This is, in fact, measurable. Countries with worse action resulted in higher deaths. More people having access to the care they needed in hospitals undoubtedly saved lives. Keep drinking that rich people coolaide though. One day, you’ll definitely be rich.
Der_Einzige 2y ago
Lt governor of Texas basically said this as an old guy and his old voters who voted for him loved it! If old people want to vote for the day of the pillow, why stop them?
- wredue 2y ago
  Well. Yeah. They thought Covid was funny while blue states were disproportionately impacted early on. Then blue states took action while red one did not. Red states all of a sudden dominated per capita impact. Only when their voters were dropping like flies did they suddenly about face. Except that they already latched on to conspiracy theory so swinging the base was difficult. There are still people (op) who lie and state that lockdown did nothing, even after their god emperor did a 180. This is why latching on to fake news and conspiracy to rile people up is dangerous.