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Sr. Elections Analyst, RCP. @osupolisci. @aei. Recovering Att'y. Married to @emytrende, dad to 3. You shall love your crooked neighbor, with your crooked heart.

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    1. Sean T at RCP‏Verified account @SeanTrende 29 Apr 2020

      I'm so old I remember when this was a serious magazine.pic.twitter.com/kynNhl5EAw

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      Sean T at RCP‏Verified account @SeanTrende 29 Apr 2020

      To be clear about something: Almost every comparison to the seasonal flu with this virus is wrongheaded save for one, and it is the one that a lot of people are tripping over to respond to here: The notion that balancing lives and the economy here is uniquely immoral. 1/

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        2. Sean T at RCP‏Verified account @SeanTrende 29 Apr 2020

          Because we make those "human sacrifices" every year. We could more-or-less eradicate seasonal flu -- which kills a lot of people, though probably an order of magnitude less than COVID-19 -- by shutting down every winter. 2/

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        3. Sean T at RCP‏Verified account @SeanTrende 29 Apr 2020

          We don't, because we conclude that we can "sacrifice" 20-60k people, including children, to have a functioning economy and society. 3/

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        4. Sean T at RCP‏Verified account @SeanTrende 29 Apr 2020

          And over the course of our lifetimes, those annual "sacrifices" probably *will* outnumber deaths from COVID-19. Maybe over the course of a decade, depending on the final fatality rate estimate for COVID. 4/

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        5. Sean T at RCP‏Verified account @SeanTrende 29 Apr 2020

          So look, I personally think Georgia is getting a bit over its skis opening up its economy. There's a significant chance it's getting the cost-benefit wrong. But don't pretend that the cost-benefit itself is evil, unless you are willing to take some pretty extreme stances. 5/5

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        2. Sean Ernst‏ @SeanErnst 29 Apr 2020
          Replying to @SeanTrende

          I’m pretty sure this is about balancing the state budget by getting people off unemployment

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        3. Edward Ahlsen-Girard‏ @efagirard 29 Apr 2020
          Replying to @SeanErnst @SeanTrende

          It's also about people being able to buy food because the distro networks have not shut down.

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        1. sun rises‏ @sunriseseachday 29 Apr 2020
          Replying to @SeanTrende

          I think you are off base here. Seasonal flu does not crash the heath systems and causes the numbers of direct and indirect deaths Covid has and will. Just look at excessive deaths.

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