We have all these lamp posts and yet not a single one is currently suspending the body of someone openly discussing killing 2% of the population to save their stock portfolio All I'm saying is, if we're going to become barbarians with no regard for human life, they can go first
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Replying to @1misanthrophile
Is the argument only about stock portfolios? People in my circles are losing their jobs in the dozens because entire industries are struggling not to collapse. That’s way more serious than “oh no, my retirement account!”
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Replying to @JeremyTheRhino
It is very serious, I don't mean to downplay the specter of a second Great Depression. But anyone willing to seriously contemplate sentencing millions of people to death for their economic security is a monster, regardless of the nature of that security
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Replying to @1misanthrophile
But there is an acceptable level of trade-off, isn’t there? We could go through these same measures every year for the flu, but we don’t because we recognize the costs outweigh the benefits. So a reasonable person could have a discussion about exactly where that line lies.
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Given what we know about COVID-19, I actually don't think there's a reasonable discussion to be had here, no. This isn't the flu. This isn't auto accidents. This is a disease that puts 15-20% of the people that get it into the hospital, and we are all going to get it
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