Re:The plans to reopen the economy are scary
by sosborn on Friday April 10, 2020 @02:05PM
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Young people will die not just from the virus, but from inadequate medical care caused by overloaded hospitals.
It’s a shit situation for young adults, but sometimes life isn’t fair.
Re:The plans to reopen the economy are scary
by siscia on Friday April 10, 2020 @02:08PM
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Sure, but younger have less need of medical care in general.
Moreover, lock down all the elders and the ICU won't be so busy...
Re:The plans to reopen the economy are scary
by gnulinux on Friday April 10, 2020 @02:24PM
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How do you lock down elders? Do you expect cops to look at people's IDs and check if they're 65+? This is ridiculous, the only practical way is to close places where people are inclined to gather such as bars/restaurants etc.
Re:The plans to reopen the economy are scary
by SpicyLemonZest on Friday April 10, 2020 @02:30PM
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If we can ban people under 21 from bars we can ban people over 65. I'm not sure we should, but it's not a logistical impossibility.
Re:The plans to reopen the economy are scary
by sosborn on Friday April 10, 2020 @02:29PM
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> Sure, but younger have less need of medical care in general.
True, but that doesn't mean a whole lot of young people wouldn't needlessly die.
You seem really committed to turning this into a generational thing.
Do you not consider it a "punishment" to lose your family members an avoidable way? How about avoidably dying when you have a car accident because the ICU is overloaded?
Do you think people over 60 (or wherever the fatality rate spikes) existed in a self-isolated bubble staying home alone before now? Have you talked to any of them recently? The ones I know are having a rough time of it, at least as much as the younger people I know.
If locking down "just the elders" was a workable solution, what do you think it would really look like?
Again, what I am saying is that the lockdown punish purple differently, the most punished are the least affected by the virus itself