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Re:Our model suggests that global deaths remain 5% above pre... by faffffaf on Sunday May 28, 2023 @03:19PM (#36106879)
>the inconvenience

Oh hell no. I did not live through an "inconvenience". I and my kids now inhabit a world that will deal with the societal and economic damage for many years.

And no, I'm not just going to let slide a historically unprecedented, in scope and scale, change in citizen/government dynamics, and for a disease where you couldn't even begin to question the official narrative without being branded an evil anti-vaxxer.

We absolutely need to analyse what was done, and sort the panicked, fear-driven polices from what was useful.

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Re:Our model suggests that global deaths remain 5% above pre... by lazide on Sunday May 28, 2023 @04:34PM (#36107506)
So maybe analyze it instead of leading with the conclusion first? Don't forget to come up with a plausible better concrete alternative so we can compare/contrast.
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Re:Our model suggests that global deaths remain 5% above pre... by faffffaf on Sunday May 28, 2023 @05:37PM (#36108046)
Sorry, where did I present a conclusion?
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Re:Our model suggests that global deaths remain 5% above pre... by lazide on Sunday May 28, 2023 @06:09PM (#36108264)
In the tone
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Re:Our model suggests that global deaths remain 5% above pre... by faffffaf on Monday May 29, 2023 @12:41AM (#36110727)
And my "tone" reaches what conclusion?
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Re:Our model suggests that global deaths remain 5% above pre... by lazide on Monday May 29, 2023 @12:56AM (#36110798)
That someone deserves to be punished.
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Re:Our model suggests that global deaths remain 5% above pre... by terminatornet on Sunday May 28, 2023 @08:02PM (#36109044)
i swear, with the exception of china, no country has had anything remotely resembling a lockdown since early 2021. what are you still complaining about? you won, no one likes a sore winner.
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Re:Our model suggests that global deaths remain 5% above pre... by faffffaf on Monday May 29, 2023 @12:40AM (#36110708)
Where I live (Wales, UK), we had "local lockdowns" (where citizens were not allowed to leave they county they lived in) until late 2021. Even without that, there were still significant restrictions in place on our daily lives, like in many other places.

>what are you still complaining about? you won, no one likes a sore winner.

"Won" means that we are all allowed out of our houses?

I'm complaining about the damage that has been done.

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Re:Our model suggests that global deaths remain 5% above pre... by terminatornet on Monday May 29, 2023 @12:15PM (#36115314)
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/jul/27/long-covid-c...

weird, this headline doesn't say lockdowns costing workers up to £1.5bn in lost income. But i'm sure you're very concerned about that damage too.

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Re:Our model suggests that global deaths remain 5% above pre... by tomhoward on Monday May 29, 2023 @03:49AM (#36111718)
Melbourne, Australia had government imposed lockdowns for most of late May to late October 2021.

https://www.platinumaccounting.com.au/blog/melbourne-lockdow...

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