Re:The plans to reopen the economy are scary
by whatshisface on Friday April 10, 2020 @01:59PM
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This issue was addressed by the original UK policy that they about-faced on. Why? Because although it does not tend to kill young people, it does tend to put them in the hospital, and we cannot handle that many people in the hospital at once.
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Re:The plans to reopen the economy are scary
by siscia on Friday April 10, 2020 @02:02PM
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Still at much lower rate than the elders.
And what I am saying is that the lockdown punish different class of people very differently. And the most punished are the least affected by the virus itself.
Re:The plans to reopen the economy are scary
by whatshisface on Friday April 10, 2020 @02:06PM
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That may be true, but if it is it would lead to "slightly less lockdown for some people," not "no lockdown for some people." But to your broader point, that nobody in government is considering the finer aspects of modeling and optimization: yes, I know, I don't expect anything more from them, and I think they're a bunch of nincompoops who only know how to write legal documents and strike deals. However if I saw any push for more technical and effectiveness-oriented adjustments to the procedure I would jump on board.