Ah, thanks. Economic catastrophe in third-world countries (starvation) as a consequence of supply chain and other interruptions linked to first-world lockdowns is indisputable.
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It isn't a consequence of lockdown but of government policies. There's enough wealth in the world for everyone to have adequate food, healthcare and housing if it were applied towards those ends.
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lockdowns + current economic environment = starvation. if somebody cuts off my arm, and I bleed to death, are they at fault? or is it the atmosphere, for not summoning enough pressure, to hold the blood in? you‘re saying it‘s the atmosphere. it‘s not a serious argument.
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Explain New Zealand then.
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again, are you a bot? not a response to any argument i‘ve made.
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Also, even those who express some agreement with your premise still do not conclude against lockdowns, but only suggest that they should be implemented differently in lower-income countries in order to lessen any detrimental economic effects.https://www.lse.ac.uk/News/Latest-news-from-LSE/2020/e-May-20/Low-income-countries-need-different-lockdowns-to-prevent-severe-deprivation-and-hunger …
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you understand it‘s the diminished first-world demand that‘s hurting them, right?
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And even basic research would indicate that 'first-world demand' for many types of goods and services increased during lockdowns.https://www.jpmorgan.com/solutions/cib/research/covid-spending-habits …
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Again, read your article once more, and understand why it doesn‘t address anything I‘ve said. Because some people were hoarding alcohol in August 2020 doesn‘t mean lockdowns were a net economic benefit for anyone.
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The point of lockdowns is to protect life and health, without which there can be no economic activity. See e.g.https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/coronavirus-leading-through-the-crisis/charting-the-path-to-the-next-normal/countries-that-focused-on-keeping-virus-spread-near-zero-got-their-economies-moving-faster-than-others …
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Yet another old article from fall 2020. Look: Corona isn‘t bad enough to disrupt normal economic activity. Like MERS (and also, largely, SARS), most Corona deaths are in institutional care, people who lockdowns don‘t protect anyway.
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But most Long Covid (permanent organ damage) cases are in younger people.
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yea, bad day to make the LongCovid argument https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-021-01292-y …pic.twitter.com/QOM3VkxXBv
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