Our model suggests that global deaths remain 5% above pre-Covid forecasts

Re:Our model suggests that global deaths remain 5% above pre... by carlmr on Saturday May 27, 2023 @04:56PM (#36098222)

While I agree with you that a lot of the damage we did wasn't the virus, I feel like OP was quite clear in saying if there's only bad and worse, pick bad.

Which logically I agree with, although I still think that post CDC study on statistically negligible outdoor transmission, any government that didn't allow people to socialize and gather outside was not listening to science and picking worse over bad.

I think we could have done a lot better, even with the available evidence at that time, in finding ways to socialize that wouldn't cause so much mental and economic harm.

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Re:Our model suggests that global deaths remain 5% above pre... by Izkata on Saturday May 27, 2023 @05:51PM (#36098716)

> was not listening to science and picking worse over bad.

The problem was anyone trying to say this, no matter how much evidence they had, was censored and ignored. Called an idiot. Asked "why they wanted to kill grandma". So on and so forth.

"Worse" was treated as "good" for years in spite of the science.

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