Re:Covid Lockdown versus Economy Was Always False Trade-Off
by fzeroracer on Friday July 03, 2020 @05:15PM
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> It's good to be aware of _high-risk_ situations - such as shouting in a mob (you assume Texas spike was due to bars opening).
It seems you're incorrectly assuming that protesting was the reason behind the spike in infections. The reality is that we've seen multiple studies come out now [1] [2] [3] which indicate that outdoor spread of the coronavirus is much harder than indoors. You can stop spreading that lie, because all evidence points towards our attempt to rapidly reopen and people packing into enclosed locations.
> What's your goal? to keep everyone perfectly safe all the time? Padded rooms for everyone!
My goal was to dismantle your terrible arguments because it's the same tired nonsense of 'we all take risks every day' and 'we need to reopen the economy'. By your own argument we should remove speed limits, remove laws against drunk driving and anything of the sort because we're all taking inherent risks by being on the road and it doesn't make sense to to keep people safe.
It seems you're incorrectly assuming that protesting was the reason behind the spike in infections. The reality is that we've seen multiple studies come out now [1] [2] [3] which indicate that outdoor spread of the coronavirus is much harder than indoors. You can stop spreading that lie, because all evidence points towards our attempt to rapidly reopen and people packing into enclosed locations.
> What's your goal? to keep everyone perfectly safe all the time? Padded rooms for everyone!
My goal was to dismantle your terrible arguments because it's the same tired nonsense of 'we all take risks every day' and 'we need to reopen the economy'. By your own argument we should remove speed limits, remove laws against drunk driving and anything of the sort because we're all taking inherent risks by being on the road and it doesn't make sense to to keep people safe.
[1] https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/494348-new-study-finds...
[2] https://apnews.com/a288340b3bd3fbc62e564b3d0adfaa2e
[3] https://www.nber.org/papers/w27408.pdf