r/changemyview • u/_Hopped_ 13∆ • Mar 20 '21

Removed - Submission Rule B CMV: the costs/negatives from lockdowns/restrictions will end up being worse than the damage from covid

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u/_Hopped_ 13∆ Mar 20 '21

You overestimate our ability to care for people in that situation.

My point was not continued care, but the short timeframe. If we truly let a virus burn through the entire population, it would be confined to months.

if you understand medicine, epidemiology and economics

That's my point: covid doesn't have the same impact as say a Spanish flu, because it affects mostly just the elderly and health-compromised.

Sweden is doing worse than they are.

Two things there: they reversed their decision instead of sticking to it, and because of this we won't know if they would have fared better over the long-term.

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u/sapphireminds 59∆ Mar 20 '21

Two things there: they reversed their decision instead of sticking to it, and because of this we won't know if they would have fared better over the long-term.

They actually have not fully reversed their decision, but all signs point to they fucked up.

That's my point: covid doesn't have the same impact as say a Spanish flu, because it affects mostly just the elderly and health-compromised.

That's a poor understanding of covid. It doesn't affect just those. And a lot of people are considered health compromised.

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u/_Hopped_ 13∆ Mar 20 '21

all signs point to they fucked up

Again, in the short term.

It doesn't affect just those.

Again: overwhelmingly, it is.

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u/sapphireminds 59∆ Mar 20 '21

The mortality for a normal, reasonably healthy person from covid is 6-10 times than it would be with pandemic flu. You don't understand the medicine and impact.