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Re:What went on inside the Wuhan lab weeks before Covid erupted by boston_clone on Monday June 12, 2023 @10:40AM (#36294313)
> Oppositions to lockdowns were always about tradeoffs and whether they were worth it. Its just such a boring critique.

Fully agreed; saving lives / community responsibility is the noble choice.

Work on a vaccine began almost immediately, no? I trusted that shifting the focused lens of US policy toward medical research would produce some incredible results, especially with the diversified private sector pharmaceutical behemoths battling it out, so to speak.

Re:What went on inside the Wuhan lab weeks before Covid erupted by anthonypasq on Monday June 12, 2023 @12:22PM (#36296072)
yes "started." there was literally no guarantee we would even have a vaccine at all. There was absolutely no historical precedent for development and deployment of a vaccine with a year of virus discovery. it was incredible achievement and government official literally bet the entire world economy on it for some reason i still cant understand.
Re:What went on inside the Wuhan lab weeks before Covid erupted by thedrbrian on Tuesday June 13, 2023 @09:04AM (#36309682)
give how many people seem to catch covid after having the vaccine, was it worth it?
Re:What went on inside the Wuhan lab weeks before Covid erupted by boston_clone on Tuesday June 13, 2023 @12:24PM (#36312581)
Considering the risk of dying was unequivocally reduced, this is an obvious “yes”.