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Re:Ireland drops most Covid restrictions in wake of 'Omicron... by rfrey on Saturday January 22, 2022 @09:07AM (#30036713)
I don't mean to present a false dichotomy, thank you for alerting me that I may have. Slowing it down is obviously helpful and anything we can do to accomplish that is important. In Canada I'm still doing everything I can because it's not clear that we've peaked - the government is saying we have but they've also cut way down on testing so I'm not sure. In South Africa and increasingly in the UK it looks like a different story.

Once hospitalizations are in decline most of the population will have been exposed.

Re:Ireland drops most Covid restrictions in wake of 'Omicron... by jseban on Saturday January 22, 2022 @10:12AM (#30037341)
> Slowing it down is obviously helpful and anything we can do to accomplish that is important.

It's not that simple. It's not a matter of doing something good vs not doing it, that's what an oversimplified black and white thinking is. It's about priorities, and about looking at certain types of damage compared to other types of damage, and choosing the best path that causes the least overall damage.