New restrictions in Hong Kong show that a single lockdown won’t be enough

Re:New restrictions in Hong Kong show that a single lockdown... by leesalminen on Saturday March 28, 2020 @01:08PM (#22712475)

> Also, an economic depression reduces air pollution which would reduce deaths.

In the immediate term, sure. In the medium term an economic depression would weaken investment, research & development in new green technologies which would increase deaths as the effects of climate change worsen.

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Re:New restrictions in Hong Kong show that a single lockdown... by amylene on Saturday March 28, 2020 @02:27PM (#22713174)

Or, it could spur some necessity is the mother of invention innovation for deployment.

Or a million other things could happen.

I am asking that you change your “would” to “could” to properly reflect the uncertainty.

We have a tendency to want to convince people of our views, which gets in the way of making our views more correct. This is challenging to fight, but necessary to learn.

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