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Re:Likely cause of mystery child hepatitis outbreak found by Cthulhu_ on Monday July 25, 2022 @10:33AM (#32224860)
I'd rather have 2nd-order effects from lockdown than 1st order effects from the 'rona. So would all those that died or ended up with long term effects from contracting the disease.

I mean I disliked the lockdown as much as the next guy, but I would've wanted them to be harsher early on so the disease wouldn't have been allowed to spread and mutate in the first place. Instead, we got SOME measures, that proved to be effective, only for them to be lifted when the disease was nearly gone - every time they lifted restrictions there's been a huge surge in cases, undoing the effects of the measures, and making those who were in favor and sticking to the measures really jaded with the governments' policies.

It's like, you're not supposed to stop an antibiotics treatment when you're feeling better.

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Re:Likely cause of mystery child hepatitis outbreak found by elliekelly on Monday July 25, 2022 @11:06AM (#32225391)
The antibiotics are a good analogy. It does feel like we rushed back “out” into the world at the first sign things were “better”.
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Re:Likely cause of mystery child hepatitis outbreak found by nradov on Monday July 25, 2022 @10:59AM (#32225274)
The disease was never "nearly gone". From the time the first carriers left Wuhan, we were all inevitably going to be exposed. The lockdowns were pointless collective punishment that did more harm than good.
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