Re:How the pandemic might play out in 2021 and beyond
by francisofascii on Friday August 21, 2020 @09:42AM
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I partially agree for the reasons you stated. But if you concede that, say a 5 year lock down would certainly be a net negative, at some point the net good turns into a net negative. I think we are getting close to that inflection point.
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Re:How the pandemic might play out in 2021 and beyond
by ryandrake on Friday August 21, 2020 @12:02PM
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To play devil's advocate, a 5 year lock down would only be a net negative if we failed to fix the systemic economic problems that make it negative, e.g. the lack of a safety net for people who cannot work. All the agonizing over the economic impacts of stay-at-home is ironic in light of the fact that we spent decades gutting safety nets and deliberately building a society that requires you to go to work or die.