Re:Omicron variant was 73% of U.S. covid cases last week
by CryptoPunk on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @12:57AM
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I don't know, how much harm do you estimate that causes? Obviously it's harmful, but what we need to do is compare it to the enormous harm of lockdowns and other COVID control postures, some of which I've documented.
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Re:Omicron variant was 73% of U.S. covid cases last week
by actually_a_dog on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @12:41PM
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I don't see where you've documented anything any more thoroughly than I have. This is a web forum, not a policy paper. You gave your 2 links, and I gave you mine.
How much worse do you think everything you've listed would be if we had started with 20% fewer healthcare personnel? Well, guess what. That's how bad it will be from now on, because we couldn't all cooperate to take measures to ensure the healthcare system didn't get overwhelmed in the first place, and doesn't continue to get overwhelmed.
Re:Omicron variant was 73% of U.S. covid cases last week
by CryptoPunk on Thursday December 23, 2021 @11:31PM
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On the face of it, your example is dwarfed by mine. Healthcare workers make up only 0.5 percent of the population. That means the direct mental health effects of limitatons on civil/economic liberties via lockdowns are going to impact 200X more people than the direct mental health effects of more COVID ICU cases on healthcare workers.
That's why I asked how you could arrive at the converse conclusion that lockdowns are net beneficial for mental health.