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Re:The pandemic’s true death toll by josephcsible on Thursday September 02, 2021 @08:48PM (#28399258)
> Its just a matter of degrees and cost/benefit as assessed by the public.

That's the point, though: COVID lockdowns happened even though much of the public said the benefits of locking down weren't worth the costs.

Re:The pandemic’s true death toll by nwiswell on Thursday September 02, 2021 @08:58PM (#28399308)
> much of the public

Was it at least half of the public, though? Just because cars are a less contentious subject doesn't mean that public opinion doesn't ultimately dictate how they are regulated.