It seems fairly clear that similar calculations were made here—that we didn’t do a lockdown because it would disrupt the economy and those who were dying were disproportionately older, working class, and/or people of color.https://twitter.com/Independent/status/1417229376630964227 …
And will probably be made again as the Delta wave hits in the next few weeks. Most lives don’t matter to the US ruling class. A lot of the front line workers they claim don’t want to work… are dead of COVID.