Originally Posted by
nate5ks
The risk of the pandemic must be weighed against the risk of spiraling into a deep depression. Those types of cataclysmic economic events have historically led to tyranny, famine, and war.
You set up a false premise, like either (1) economic catastrophe OR (2) taking drastic steps to stay home. You assume (wrongly) that we can all simply just carry on and there will be just maybe some loss of life, but business as usual.
Dude, got news for you. It’s BOTH economically AND medically damaging. This isn’t a choice and we don’t get to make it. Here is some simple math for you: In two days EVERY ICU bed in New York City will be FILLED. What do you think happens when people start getting turned away? Hopefully it won’t happen in NY because they’re flattening the curve, but watch Louisiana and Florida. They haven’t.
Do you think you just say “go back to work” and everyone will do that? Not likely.