Re:Coronavirus: South Korea’s aggressive testing gives clues...
by photon-torpedo on Friday March 06, 2020 @04:46AM
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> The lack of decisiveness in the west worries me.
From a cynical point of view, the governments in the west might see this disease as a god-send. It mostly kills the old and sick. So if you let it run its course through the whole population, the strain on pension and public health systems will (eventually) be reduced -- "sozialverträgliches Frühableben" as one German top medic once called it. A disease that mostly leaves the young and productive part of the population intact might thus be welcomed as a solution to the demographic problems in the west.
Note, I don't agree with this point of view, but it might help explain the timid response in the west.
From a cynical point of view, the governments in the west might see this disease as a god-send. It mostly kills the old and sick. So if you let it run its course through the whole population, the strain on pension and public health systems will (eventually) be reduced -- "sozialverträgliches Frühableben" as one German top medic once called it. A disease that mostly leaves the young and productive part of the population intact might thus be welcomed as a solution to the demographic problems in the west.
Note, I don't agree with this point of view, but it might help explain the timid response in the west.