We ignored the flu every year, even though thousands died. Now, we want zero tolerance for public health. Will we see it differently in the future, or just slide back to the status quo if the media doesn't scream about flu deaths three years from now?
In a rational democracy, in a time of crisis, everybody has to be willing to discuss heartbreaking tradeoffs. We can't pretend there aren't tradeoffs. We can't pretend they aren't heartbreaking. That's where we are now.https://twitter.com/LHSummers/status/1242095568635256835 …
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People somehow think that a few million is a larger number than a few thousand. when will they learn?
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Remember, as you consider these things, that temporary government programs are never temporary.
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“This is a tremendous opportunity to restructure things to fit our vision,” Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-S.C.) told lawmakers, according to a source on the call.https://thehill.com/homenews/house/488543-house-democrats-eyeing-much-broader-phase-3-stimulus …
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Discussing heartbreaking tradeoffs is bad signaling, It portrays you like a cold-hearted pragmatist and not as a positive-can-do idealist which people love so much WE CAN SAVE EVERYONE AND THE ECONOMY TOO Things need to get much worse before pragmatism will be accepted
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It’s pretty clear vast numbers of us are not rational. I’ve always known Freud got that one right but what we are witnessing is mind boggling. Success has lead to decadence. The herd is too fat & too happy.
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Is there literally a single place outside Italy where we are more than 20% above a high flu season, in terms og elder mortality? Are the February numbers out yet?
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Can you cite that study, or anything pointing to it - sounds like a must read.
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