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Re:England's Covid-19 infections down 30% during national lo... by maxerickson on Tuesday December 01, 2020 @11:16AM (#25266484)
287,500 lifetimes?

And now you are being absurd, jumping from 1/3 quality of life reduction as an estimate to locking people down for a year. I'm in the US, where the harshest restriction has been on businesses, people have never been locked in their homes. We've had shelter in place orders and similar, but the enforcement of those amounts to "please".

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Re:England's Covid-19 infections down 30% during national lo... by Closi on Tuesday December 01, 2020 @01:24PM (#25268059)
> "I'm from a different country with low enforcement and a generally nice climate, and can't imagine that being stuck in your home in England and not be allowed to see anyone during the winter can have a negative impact on the quality of life!"

Yeah, I stand by that as a rough estimate.

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Re:England's Covid-19 infections down 30% during national lo... by maxerickson on Tuesday December 01, 2020 @02:47PM (#25269038)
It's barely going to get above freezing here for the next 3 months. 2 degrees Celsius today, as Winter just starts to take hold.
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