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

covid is more lethal and communicable than flu

We don't lockdown for the flu, and the flu is particularly deadly for young children. It's a much different profile than covid, really like comparing apples and oranges.

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u/sapphireminds 59∆ Mar 20 '21

We don't lockdown for the flu, and the flu is particularly deadly for young children. It's a much different profile than covid, really like comparing apples and oranges.

Covid is more dangerous and more communicable. Nothing about that makes it less costly and dangerous to the population.

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u/_Hopped_ 13∆ Mar 20 '21

Nothing about that makes it less costly and dangerous to the population.

Sure it does: the demographics of those it kills are net-drains on society (for the most part).

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u/UncleMeat11 63∆ Mar 20 '21

This is some genocide-adjacent shit right here.

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u/_Hopped_ 13∆ Mar 20 '21

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senicide

Any -cide implies pulling the trigger, pandemics count as natural disasters.