Originally Posted by ReluctantSamurai:
I wouldn't presume to be able to predict the future---otherwise I'd be in a far more comfortable place than sitting in front of my computer typing this. This thread has been characterized as panic porn for calling this pandemic dire circumstances for humanity. I disagreed with that....until now. Months? Years? That's panic porn, IMHO. What leads you to think that the UK, or any other Western society is going to take advantage of the situation and go all Chairman Mao on its' population?
I'm not talking about some sinister plot, I'm talking about what's happening right now and it being normalised after it's been in place for 18 months. That's the time-frame we're being given here, 3 months of lock down minimum and 12-18 months of at least moderate social distancing.
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You still didn't answer my question. How many deaths are an acceptable payment for your "social rights?"
I'll answer yours---the number of deaths from suicides, homicides, and other forms of social violence will certainly go up. The longer mobility is restricted, the more there will be. I'm not a sociologist, nor a statistician, so I can't give a body count. However.....I do know that if SARS-CoV-2 is left to run rampant in the name of "social rights", the body count will absolutely dwarf those who die from societal violence.
The difference between "mitigation" and "suppression" in the UK is pegged at roughly 230,000 lives, mostly elderly, how many extra suicides and battered young mothers is that worth to you? It's not a 1:1 equivalency, either, because death by disease is a natural part of life.
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