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0 pointslazyasciiart6y ago0 comments

Ah yes, the argument that protective measures are succeeding and therefore they are no longer necessary. Completely irrational in a scenario where the danger being protected against hadn't gone away.

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holler6y ago· 2 in thread

Where did I "argue" that protective measures are succeeding therefore X? I'm merely stating that you cannot have a society of 350M people completely stop what they're doing for 6 months and not have disastrous consequences. At some point we have to choose whether the lives we're potentially saving after lockdown month X vs the emergent problems from shut down are worth it.

scubbo6y ago

I think they were attributing that argument to the people you described "rebelling", not to you yourself.

holler6y ago

gotcha. I think it's disingenuous to effectively say that people are too stupid to make their own decisions regarding personal safety. There're growing calls to ease the lockdowns right now from people with top scientific credentials. I personally know doctors working in large hospitals who have said it's time to ease restrictions in most areas. It doesn't have to be all-or nothing.

https://nypost.com/2020/04/26/science-says-its-time-to-start...

standardUser6y ago· 1 in thread

Instead of gallantly assaulting a straw man, you could acknowledge that lockdowns are not an on/off proposition and that there is almost certainly a better implementation of precautionary restrictions for achieving our goals than what we currently have.

lazyasciiartOP6y ago

Calling it a straw man implies that you don't think anyone is actually making this argument, and that's simply not true.

If you feel compelled to defend your own position instead of the one I'm criticizing, go ahead, but I don't share your certainty of there being better possible implementations.

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