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Re:My take on the study from MIT that predicts “societal col... by logicchains on Friday July 16, 2021 @01:44AM (#27853336)
>COVID-19 is a perfect example of the folly in believing "technology will always save us".

From a purely collectivist point of view, unchecked Covid only kills around 1% of the population and the vast majority are retired people, so it's not something society needed saving from as it has pretty much zero effect on humanity's long-term economic/technological progress.

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Re:My take on the study from MIT that predicts “societal col... by vecinu on Friday July 16, 2021 @03:20AM (#27853757)
I think the serious issue is more around long COVID and the associated symptoms with something that could perhaps become a chronic issue down the line.
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Re:My take on the study from MIT that predicts “societal col... by roenxi on Friday July 16, 2021 @04:47AM (#27854236)
Yeah, COVID is pretty bad. If possible, nobody wants to catch it.

But COVID to human civilisation is like a badly stubbed toe to a human. Painful. To be avoided. Maybe quite a bit of damage. Not really a threat if responded to in a rational way & with some whimpering.

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Re:My take on the study from MIT that predicts “societal col... by colordrops on Friday July 16, 2021 @03:39AM (#27853861)
What chronic issues?
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Re:My take on the study from MIT that predicts “societal col... by mullingitover on Friday July 16, 2021 @03:55AM (#27853912)
Heart damage[1]. Brain damage[2].

[1] https://academic.oup.com/eurheartj/article/42/19/1866/614099...

[2] https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.06.11.21258690v...

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