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Originally Posted by Chris M
It's on you to articulate why this particular one warrants the unprecedented approach where it's now proper to sacrifice basic freedoms.
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Please keep in mind that it's not just "us" that are in lockdown mode: most of the world is / was as well.
Had we not adopted the measures we did the death rate would have been much higher: when we saw it explode in Italy, for example, it ramped up the fear level.
The problem with how we handled it is that there was never a coordinated dialogue among the politicians as to the bottom line issue, namely: how many American lives are we willing to lose in order to save the economy: nobody ever took a vote.
Earlier projections of the death rate, had we done nothing, exceeded one million IIRC: clearly unacceptable.
But 80K deaths: arguably tolerable, given the historic death rate by flu.
There should be a consensus on acceptable death rate, and their isn't.
One other factor that led to draconian steps was the totally helpless feeling caused by lack of a vaccine.