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

Re:Our model suggests that global deaths remain 5% above pre... by dennis_jeeves1 on Sunday May 28, 2023 @02:19PM (#36106425)

>okay with with the death of something like 99% of the human population

No, certainly not. I want people to make their own informed choices. It can be heart-wrenching for oneself to observe people make (what you think) an obvious wrong choice, but if you had any any life experiences of substance, you will realize that all you can do is give people the most accurate information that you have, but you should never, ever impose your decision (even if it's for the person's good) if the person does not consent to it. One could probably make an exception for very young kids.

Like they say, the road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Side note: who exactly decides what is good for the individual?

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Re:Our model suggests that global deaths remain 5% above pre... by lucubratory on Sunday May 28, 2023 @08:09PM (#36109092)

>No, certainly not. I want people to make their own informed choices.

These are two contradictory sentences. Wanting people to make their own informed choices unimpinged by government action while a virus with the transmissibility of COVID and a 100% fatality rate exists is definitionally being okay with the death of 99% of the human population. Like, that is the outcome so by definition if you're in favour of only dealing with pandemics through personal responsibility and you're saying that would be the case even with a virus with the transmissibility of COVID and a 100% fatality rate, then you are saying that the death of 99% of people in existence is an acceptable outcome. What I am asking is why you believe that.

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Re:Our model suggests that global deaths remain 5% above pre... by dennis_jeeves1 on Sunday May 28, 2023 @08:31PM (#36109241)

What? are even _trying_ to understand me? People can stay at home and impose their own 'lockdown' and save their own lives. The one's that venture out should know that they will die, it's their choice.

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Re:Our model suggests that global deaths remain 5% above pre... by lucubratory on Sunday May 28, 2023 @10:01PM (#36109764)

The obvious outcome of that is that 99% of existing people will die. I am not asking about and do not care about whether they're "choosing to die" (an absurd thing to say about the need for food and water, anyway), I am asking why you are okay with the outcome where 99% of people are dead.

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Re:Our model suggests that global deaths remain 5% above pre... by dennis_jeeves1 on Monday May 29, 2023 @08:10AM (#36113162)

So you assume that people are too stupid (a fair assumption) to know the correct decision to take . Who is to say that you (or the govt) are not stupid, in the eyes of others? The arrogance here that you actually think you know better than others (again a fair assumption) and you want your way to be the only way(the really evil part).

>I am asking why you are okay with the outcome where 99% of people are dead.

Do you have any real life experiences? this happens all the time, why the fuck do you keep repeating that I actually _want_ people to die? Really evil things happen, when you try and help people even if it is for their own good without their consent. Often _more_ than 99% people will die if you do that. Let me repeat: you do not have enough life experiences. Let me also say another thing you do not read enough history especially of the 'extermination' kind. There is also a good possibility, that you are a nerd/sociopath if you do not understand the concept of live an let live.

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