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Re:Beware second waves of Covid-19 if lockdowns eased early:... by foobarian on Friday March 27, 2020 @09:07AM (#22702522)
I understand how much bigger the mortality is for this virus, and I understand why we are reacting this way. But how do you argue that deaths from one virus are not equivalent to the other? If it's just numbers, can you specify the number that is OK to let die instead of locking down?
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Re:Beware second waves of Covid-19 if lockdowns eased early:... by vkou on Friday March 27, 2020 @12:39PM (#22704389)
If the death rate were within 5x of the flu, and if the death rate did not increase dramatically when our medical system is overloaded, a hard lockdown would probably be a mistake.

It's not 5x, and it does increase dramatically, though.

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