Re:New Concerning Variant: B.1.1.529
by kcplate on Friday November 26, 2021 @06:00PM
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> Locking down has tremendous costs whether mental or economic, you just can't compute and make a nice graph of it
The gorilla in the room that no one’s wants to acknowledge…we locked down to allow people who were likely to die within the next 3-5 years to maybe survive a couple of those years. The price of the lockdowns economically, physical health, mental health, and in education will be paid by folks who were probably never in much danger from this virus for decades.
I fully believe that historians will look back at this time and talk of the lopsided cost/benefit.
Re:New Concerning Variant: B.1.1.529
by Eelongate on Friday November 26, 2021 @08:08PM
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The old are more reliable voters, while the youngest aren't even permitted to vote (even though they have more at stake, since they will have to live with the consequences longer.)
The gorilla in the room that no one’s wants to acknowledge…we locked down to allow people who were likely to die within the next 3-5 years to maybe survive a couple of those years. The price of the lockdowns economically, physical health, mental health, and in education will be paid by folks who were probably never in much danger from this virus for decades.
I fully believe that historians will look back at this time and talk of the lopsided cost/benefit.