Re:Data from Chernobyl and Fukushima provide answers about t...
by atlantacrackers on Sunday August 23, 2020 @02:39PM
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This. Or, the unknowable lost opportunities that never materialized. How many relationships never formed, how many business never created, etc is unmeasurable but absolutely real and the impact from those lost opportunities will be felt in some way shape and form...
Re:Data from Chernobyl and Fukushima provide answers about t...
by apple4ever on Sunday August 23, 2020 @05:41PM
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Great point. There is a lot of lost opportunities that is probably immeasurable.
I've always said there are tradeoffs to every solution. And we may not have all the information to even know how bad or good a tradeoff is.
No solution is perfect.
The lockdowns for Coronavirus is another. I don't know which way it actual falls (lockdowns still extended life expectancy or the reduced life expectancy) but I will be curious in a couple of years what the data will show us.
Some people are absolutely certain X will be the best way and either don't take into account the downsides or hand-wave away the concerns. I wish we could have actual debates to come to a solution instead of making it person or political ("YOU WANT TO KILL PEOPLE" vs "YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT PEOPLE"). But tis life I s'pose.