Re:Polio Detected in US
by blamestross on Saturday July 23, 2022 @02:05PM
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That I agree with. A lot of bad assumptions were revealed, but not the ones I think you are alluding to.
- If the market and the government disagree on the value of human lives, the market wins. (Basically the government should just consign more people to die, especially vulnerable populations to avoid drama)
- A nontrivial portion of the population reacts to government intervention with spiteful noncompliance (we need to be using a softer and more coercive hand than 'authority says X is the best plan')
- If we have to fall back on socialized medicine whenever there is a crisis, maybe we should just do it all the time.
- There will be more pandemics, more often, until the forces permitting them change.
As somebody who immunocompromised, this pandemic taught me exactly how little my life is valued by my civilization and government.
- If the market and the government disagree on the value of human lives, the market wins. (Basically the government should just consign more people to die, especially vulnerable populations to avoid drama)
- A nontrivial portion of the population reacts to government intervention with spiteful noncompliance (we need to be using a softer and more coercive hand than 'authority says X is the best plan')
- If we have to fall back on socialized medicine whenever there is a crisis, maybe we should just do it all the time.
- There will be more pandemics, more often, until the forces permitting them change.
As somebody who immunocompromised, this pandemic taught me exactly how little my life is valued by my civilization and government.