New goal: when people say "but we have to consider the economy...," don't let them trail off. Make them finish the sentence. Make them do the math on how many people they're advocating death for Make them confront their own true nature Make them say it out loud
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Replying to @1misanthrophile
I’ll finish it. You have to consider the economy tanking creates more human suffering than taking a more conservative approach to containment. You act like the argument isn’t about minimizing the impact on people and I have no idea why.
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Replying to @JeremyTheRhino
Ok, so what are the alternatives? What does it look like when we "consider the economy"? Can you get specific? (I promise you everyone is worried about the economic impact of this, by the way)
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Replying to @1misanthrophile @JeremyTheRhino
What exactly is a more conservative approach to containment?
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Replying to @1misanthrophile
Several other ideas have been floated such as quarantine for the more vulnerable, opening up antibody testing to identify carriers earlier, etc. I’m not specifically advocating for any single approach. I’m saying any of the serious arguments are about minimizing impact.
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Replying to @JeremyTheRhino
When we get antibody testing, we can and should talk about using it that way Meanwhile: how many people will die if we quarantine only the most vulnerable? What do epidemiologists estimate? A true cost-benefit analysis requires specificity
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Replying to @1misanthrophile
We won’t answer those questions if you treat the argument the way you are. Once again, my point is that you’re just calling people monsters and refuse to acknowledge we all want the same thing: less human suffering. We can reasonably disagree about how to get there.
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Ok but I'd like to understand what were disagreeing about. You'll notice that, although I've accused the wealthy of advocating quarantine relaxation for the sake of their stocks, I'm not saying that in this tweet
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Replying to @1misanthrophile @JeremyTheRhino
If we're going to talk about minimizing suffering, asking for a comparison between relaxing quarantine vs not relaxing it is kind of the central issue, isn't it? It's weird that you don't seem to want to get specific about what quarantine relaxation would mean
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