She's saying that if you feel you have the right to ask the public to absorb the risk of infection to support the economy you have the responsibility of offsetting that risk by paying for their healthcare if they get sick
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That sacrificing people's health to boost any economy that doesn't actually benefit them in any way is evil This isn't hard
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Let's try an exercise: let's see if you can understand the point of view of someone who thinks differently to you.
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Not me, in this case. I favour Sweden's social safety net stuff—and I honestly don't if Sweden's no-lockdown policy is correct...
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But let's try to imagine the point of view of someone who thinks otherwise. Let's start with the no-lockdown policy.
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One argument in favour of that is that the policy has a straightforward MEDICAL justification:https://www.spiked-online.com/2020/04/29/delaying-herd-immunity-is-costing-lives/ …
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Now that if THAT'S the reason someone favours no-lockdown, then Sweden's other social arrangements are a completely unrelated topic.
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Now take the economic argument: having people moving around results in a more robust economy, which may be worth a little extra mortality.
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Here your objection is a little weird. Surely the improved economy benefits EVERYONE, to some degree? (Except those who die, of course.)
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If the parks and cafés stay open, for instance, then everyone benefits in the form of increased access to the parks and cafés.
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How do I benefit from parks and cafes while I'm in the fucking hospital on a ventilator Henry Do you put any effort at all into your verbal diarrhea before you @ me with this offensive garbage
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And you have the fucking GALL to say I'm speaking out of a lack of empathy for other people's point of view Jesus fucking Christ
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