Re:AstraZeneca Scientist Says Delta Variant Makes Herd Immun...
by epistasis on Thursday August 12, 2021 @10:25PM
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> if everyone under 50 in the US caught it, we would have around 30,000 deaths.
Personally, I value the lives of people over 50 just as much as those under 50. A lot of important people to me and to everyone is over 50.
Any non-sociopathic loss function would deem the half million people in the US that we've lost completely unacceptable.
And with even greater spread, there's greater likelihood of the rise of a variant that kills those under 50 just as much.
The only people proposing we should have let it run wild and also actually understand the consequences are absolute monsters that should be shunned and never given any authority or decision making power.
Personally, I value the lives of people over 50 just as much as those under 50. A lot of important people to me and to everyone is over 50.
Any non-sociopathic loss function would deem the half million people in the US that we've lost completely unacceptable.
And with even greater spread, there's greater likelihood of the rise of a variant that kills those under 50 just as much.
The only people proposing we should have let it run wild and also actually understand the consequences are absolute monsters that should be shunned and never given any authority or decision making power.