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Re:Unicorn layoffs keep piling up by CydeWeys on Thursday April 16, 2020 @04:57PM (#22893482)
You still don't seem to understand that most of the social distancing was inevitable, not a choice. There is the worst fucking worldwide pandemic going on in over a century now. People are not going to be going about their everyday business. There was always going to be many trillions of dollars in economic damage once COVID-19 reached our shores, period, end of story. You're living in a fantasy land by pretending that none of that was going to happen without the social distancing measures.

I would love to be able to look inside your head and see what you think society would look like right now in the middle of an uncontained global pandemic with everyone just going about business as usual, continuing to pack bars and restaurants, no companies cutting back on jobs, etc. It's an utter, complete fantasy land.

Re:Unicorn layoffs keep piling up by manfredo on Thursday April 16, 2020 @09:23PM (#22895345)
It's not a fantasy land. It's called Sweden. Estimates are placing the actual IFR at about 0.5 to 0.3%. For comparison, the seasonal flu averages 0.1%. A country in the middle of a coronavirus epidemic looks mostly like a country that's not in the middle of a coronavirus epidemic, save for 3-5x as many people dying of coronavirus as the flu. Saying that it's not wise to devastate one's economy over such an illness is a perfectly reasonable position.
Re:Unicorn layoffs keep piling up by nullc on Friday April 17, 2020 @03:32PM (#22902207)
> the seasonal flu averages 0.1%

That figure includes all mortality from pneumonia, a minority of which is caused by the seasonal flu.