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A comment on California governor issues statewide 'stay at home' order. Parent comment

Re:California governor issues statewide 'stay at home' order by ryandrake on Friday March 20, 2020 @01:09PM (#22639256)
If you think a month without work would mess up someone's life, imagine how much dying would mess up their life. Most of us have lived through 2+ major recessions. They suck, but I'd gladly take a recession instead of the deaths of myself and/or love ones.
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Re:California governor issues statewide 'stay at home' order by twblalock on Friday March 20, 2020 @02:38PM (#22640244)
Most of those people would not die if they got the virus, which is central to my point. That's the trade-off we face.
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Re:California governor issues statewide 'stay at home' order by smattiso on Friday March 20, 2020 @05:26PM (#22641822)
So what if it was Ebola? Should we still allow air travel? Cruise ships? etc. People will self regulate to a certain extent but the idea that we kill a bunch of people so we can engage in more or less meaningful activities is pretty dumb.
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