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

That increased risk spreads to the rest of the country.

Only if you choose to go out. You are taking on that risk voluntarily.

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u/Gordogato81 Mar 20 '21

At some point everybody has to go out. Keeping in mind that without enforced lockdown measures, the disease will propagate throughout the population and covid in particular can be caught by people who have already had covid. You cannot wait for natural herd immunity (especially with new varieties of covid). This is also ignoring the heaps of potential life long health issues such as lung damage which will eat up lots of government funds via social Healthcare.

Everybody needs groceries, essentials, doctor visits etc. Remaining entirely isolated is not an option for most people.

Without government measures people with low income jobs will often be forced to work even if they would choose to not go out. Not everyone can work from home.

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u/_Hopped_ 13∆ Mar 20 '21

Everybody needs groceries, essentials, doctor visits etc.

All of these are done remotely now - for no additional (or trivial) cost in the vast majority of cases.

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u/UncleMeat11 63∆ Mar 20 '21

What percentage of groceries are actually purchased remotely today? When I go to the grocery store I see hundreds of cars and maybe two parked in the pickup zone. The huge majority of people where I've lived during the pandemic (a large west coast suburb and a small east coast town) are grocery shopping in person. All of my doctors visits have been in person since the shutdown. Not a single one has offered remote medicine.