Re:London may have gone into a Covid-accelerated decline
by phatfish on Tuesday May 26, 2020 @01:59PM
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> If we prohibited all vehicle traffic we would prevent 1.3 million deaths worldwide.
Sure, seems a bit extreme though. I suggest we remove all the safety features on cars, it costs the car companies loads in R&D to comply with all those regulations. You take a risk when you drive, and to be honest people should just be better drivers and there will be less accidents.
Far less accidents in lower-density locales as well.
Re:London may have gone into a Covid-accelerated decline
by tigershark on Sunday May 24, 2020 @04:28AM
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Covid-19 killed twice the annual car deaths in 1 month and half in US. And this with a lockdown in place.
Umm, lots of people? If we prohibited all vehicle traffic we would prevent 1.3 million deaths worldwide, yet lots of people appear willing to drive.
Look, I don't mean to minimize the deaths, and the lockdowns were a very rational response given what was known initially. At the same time, humans make risky choices all the time, and it's not unreasonable to ask if the cost of the lockdowns is worth the lowered risk, especially in lower-density locales.