Re:Civil Liberties in Times of Crisis [pdf]
by umanwizard on Thursday October 22, 2020 @11:17AM
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Yes, but the same is true of literally every common disease.
Re:Civil Liberties in Times of Crisis [pdf]
by PeterisP on Thursday October 22, 2020 @12:50PM
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Literally every other common disease is either saturated to a somewhat stable level, or eliminated or on the way there because of some vaccine. Sadly, there are some countries where HIV is still rapidly expanding, but in aggregate even that is shrinking.
Currently covid-19 is the only epidemic that's large but still actively growing worldwide, it's the only one where we actually would see exponential growth if we do nothing.
An interesting point. However, I'd posit that the growth rate is of paramount importance -- not because many will have mild symptoms, but because a small portion of those who contract COVID-19 will die or have serious long-term effects.
As the number of cases grow, the number of folks who die/suffer serious long-term effects will grow along with them.