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Re:Preliminary test results suggest 21% of NYC residents hav... by formercoder on Thursday April 23, 2020 @03:59PM (#22960477)
Any time I try and make counterpoints to lockdowns or even logical evaluations of them online the downvotes and hate start flowing. There is a huge bias among those in our circles towards locking down as long as possible, because all of us can work from home and aren’t worried about feeding our families.
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Re:Preliminary test results suggest 21% of NYC residents hav... by TheCowboy on Thursday April 23, 2020 @04:52PM (#22961238)
Arguing it's a matter of bias sidesteps the reasoning for lockdowns. This is like when someone dismisses someone for possessing a political bias---that's not an argument.

And framing it as lockdown vs. being able to feed your family is a false dichotomy. It seems like a waste to even get into the finer details if this is where you're coming from, but keep calling it hate while ignoring the criticism.

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Re:Preliminary test results suggest 21% of NYC residents hav... by SpicyLemonZest on Thursday April 23, 2020 @05:09PM (#22961472)
No, it's a very real dichotomy. People won't literally starve in the US, but waiting in a bread line for hours is very different than feeding your family through your own money and effort.
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Re:Preliminary test results suggest 21% of NYC residents hav... by TheCowboy on Friday April 24, 2020 @01:46AM (#22965045)
No, this is a very fake dichotomy.

The array of options available to society is not "starve" vs. "waiting in a bread line for hours" vs. "feeding your family" as can be seen by countries that have approached this problem differently.

And lemon zest isn't spicy.

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Re:Preliminary test results suggest 21% of NYC residents hav... by klmadfejno on Saturday April 25, 2020 @09:49AM (#22978080)
Relatively few people will starve "to death". But a significant number of people are already not getting enough food before the crisis: https://www.rt.com/usa/314881-usa-households-not-enough-food...

If food prices increase, and people lose jobs, more people will suffer food insecurity. This problem is MUCH worse in poorer countries for obvious reasons.

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