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You predict you're ___ than the average person who will answer this twitter poll || In general re:covid do you tend to lean more towards valuing a functioning economy/lifting lockdowns, or valuing lower death rates/safety

Wealthier || economy
24%
Wealthier || safety
28.4%
Poorer || economy
23.3%
Poorer || safety
24.3%

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6:51 PM · Oct 28, 2020

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Oh that's interesting. Of the wealthier, more value safety. Of the poorer, more value the economy. I don't know why I expected it to go the other way around

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It's not surprising to me; the poor are hit harder by a worse economy, the wealthier have a bigger cushion

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More interested in how close the wealthier/poorer split is to 50/50 than COVID tendancies tbh!

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In my case, I’m biased toward safety by the fact that I know the Canadian government will help me pull through if I can’t work due to a lockdown, as they did this spring. I totally understand poor people in countries with less supportive governments being biased toward economy.

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I value QoL much more than the economy.

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False dichotomy. Lifting lockdowns too early means more infections & more damage to the economy

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This is the false choice so many think they must make. The ONLY way to get the economy back on track is to control transmission of the virus. And that doesn't require draconian lockdowns. It does require resources and a sensible citizenry.

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The way to save the economy is stopping the virus.

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I don't think this poll is framed correctly because it assumes lockdowns have effectively lowered death rates and improved safety, which I'm not convinced is true

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I’d definitely consider myself poorer, but I prefer safety because the economy can come back, lives cannot.