There are two terms you multiply together to see how effective a lockdown is, one of them being how strict the measures are and the other being how many people are doing it
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Replying to @arthur_affect @Reroot_Flyover and
Unless the effectiveness of your measures is actually 100% or nearly so, the number of people doing it matters a whole lot
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No NPI is close to "100% or nearly so". None. So....
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So any measures we do pass need to be as close to universial as possible, and any messaging that any group of people is immune or "doesn't need to worry" is deeply irresponsible
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Who said any of this? No one is immune save those already infected. But not everyone is at grave risk. This is a fact. We *know* who the vulnerable population is. Focus.
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Oh fuck you man You know who's vulnerable? Me I'm not in the "most vulnerable" group, but I'm vulnerable, largely because, to be blunt, I'm fat I do not expect the government to give me money anytime soon to enable me to "fully lock down" while everyone else parties
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I get it. You're scared. Trying to be delicate here because I don't aim to insult but you realize your ask, right? That healthy people quarantine to protect you from your previous choices (obesity being mostly non-genetic)? This is the definition of moral hazard.
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Replying to @Reroot_Flyover @arthur_affect and
It’s not just about personal risk. It’s about the healthcare system & whether it can handle an outbreak & what the economic effect on that same healthcare system is. Do you have any idea how devastating economically, mentally, physically this has been to the industry as a whole?
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Replying to @aislinntlc @Reroot_Flyover and
The logical extension of his position that we should give up on lockdown is that we should give up on treatment too, that we should just go ahead and triage patients like in Italy Put everyone too old and too fat on an informal DNR list without their consent
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Replying to @arthur_affect @aislinntlc and
I mean, right now I am just as covered by my health insurance policy as every other policyholder, despite my fatness due to my "lifestyle choices", thanks to the ACA banning underwriting for preexisting conditions Something I'm sure our friend here also considers "moral hazard"
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But I'm sure he's hoping that once we open the valve all the way and all the fat people start flooding the hospitals, the grave societal injustice of spending "healthy" people's premiums saving my life will be corrected by sheer volume letting them demand doctors give up on me
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