Re:US Federal Reserve raises interest rates for first time s...
by SantalBlush on Wednesday March 16, 2022 @11:54PM
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>Do you have so little respect of your fellow man that you think they are incapable of thinking?
Funny, I was thinking the same thing about the above comment I was replying to.
>They are pointing out this outcome did not happen.
Flattening the curve absolutely does not mean preventing people from getting COVID; it's about lengthening the time horizon in which the population gets infected to reduce strain on the health care system.
Moreover, a personal anecdote about getting COVID doesn't imply an overall policy failure. Just because someone let sick people cough in their face doesn't mean they should wax intellectual about macroeconomics.
Funny, I was thinking the same thing about the above comment I was replying to.
>They are pointing out this outcome did not happen.
Flattening the curve absolutely does not mean preventing people from getting COVID; it's about lengthening the time horizon in which the population gets infected to reduce strain on the health care system.
Moreover, a personal anecdote about getting COVID doesn't imply an overall policy failure. Just because someone let sick people cough in their face doesn't mean they should wax intellectual about macroeconomics.