Aside from the pathetic modeling behind the "herd immunity": it is morally repulsive.

Civilization RESIDES in the enforcement of intergenerational golden (actuallly, silver rules): don't treat your parents the way you don't want them to treat you!

From #SkinInTheGame #Incerto
2) I meant don't treat your parents the way you don't want *your children* to treat you!

Actually the "triage" (sacrificing the old) is a new European thing introduced in Italy; Roman society worshiped & protected the elders. Same with Eastern societies. (Senatus=Sheikh=elder).
3)Other fallacy is by the *tradeoff idiots* who don't get:
a) even if governments did nothing, airplanes & restaurants would be bust by now as # pple are doing bottom-up quarantines
b)hospitals would be overwhelmed
c)millions of young sick (many w/permanent damage)
d)+uncertainty
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