This is one of the reasons that I usually stay away from offering explicit policy opinions. As a scientist, I can give you a pretty good estimate of the impact of COVID-19, but it's up to us as a society to decide what to do about thathttps://twitter.com/GidMK/status/1388991268580040710 …
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Some people have consistently argued that freedom is the most important value This is a valid ethical viewpoint! Epidemiologically, we can perhaps place a cost on that ideation, but whether this cost is justified is not a scientific decision
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For example, were lockdowns a good idea? Basically impossible to answer, depends on your perspective Did lockdowns cause or prevent death? That's something that we can look at scientifically (still complex)
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(As for many things, the answer to the question of whether lockdowns caused or prevented deaths appears to be, somewhat unsatisfyingly, "it depends")
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