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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Um, while I usually don't like inserting myself into this kind of convos... Dude are you okay with dying so some bloke can open their coffee shop?
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Feel free to insert yourself.
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Anyway: No, I'm not saying that. I gave but two examples of increased freedom and a strong economy. Use your imagination for others.
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More broadly, am I okay with people dying so that others may enjoy these fruits? Yes, of course I am. Everyone is.
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At some level, we're all okay with trading some (sufficiently low) risk of death, for some (sufficiently high) quality of life.
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The only debate is over where, EXACTLY, the trade-off points are. But everyone puts them somewhere—however much they bluster to the contrary
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"You aren't afraid of a meteor falling from the sky and striking you in the head every time you go outside are you? Okay, so let me shoot this gun at you and stop being a big baby"
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I hate this stupid meta philosophy stuff ("There's no such thing as a ZERO risk so that means all risk is negotiable!") It's just masturbation Fuck you, man, there are actual numbers to attach to this question and the numbers are known
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"The numbers are known"? In neither of our lifetimes have the numbers attached to alternative proposals been less well known.
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The numbers aren't known with certainty but yes, the excess death rates are known and measurable and the worst case scenario has been vividly observed This truther bullshit ("How do we even know if there's anyone in those hospitals") is beneath contempt
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We, we know, countries in stricter lockdowns have controlled the spread and rates have gone down faster than in countries that haven't.
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The death rates is probably the BEST known piece of the puzzle, and even that is subject to considerable doubt.
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