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My stepdad is over 70, has a heart condition, and lives a really active full life.
If one more person argues for him to be sacrificed at the altar of the economy I will fucking end them.
If one more person argues for him to be sacrificed at the altar of the economy I will fucking end them.
It’s all well and good to argue numbers and stats, but I DARE you to look grieving people in the eye and tell them their pain was worth it.
And I remind you ONCE AGAIN, this is not a choice between health OR economy.
We already learned this with Spanish flu. If you don't stamp out the pandemic, the damage to economy is much worse. https://www.forbes.com/sites/pedrodacosta/2020/04/03/pandemic-economics-lessons-from-the-spanish-flu-in-1918/#79a95c5d797a
We already learned this with Spanish flu. If you don't stamp out the pandemic, the damage to economy is much worse. https://www.forbes.com/sites/pedrodacosta/2020/04/03/pandemic-economics-lessons-from-the-spanish-flu-in-1918/#79a95c5d797a
We ALREADY KNOW that what's best for the economy is an early hit, health recovery, then rebuild economy. That's it.
So all the 'economists' claiming otherwise are just being contrarian for attention (or short term money) and honest to god it sickens me.
So all the 'economists' claiming otherwise are just being contrarian for attention (or short term money) and honest to god it sickens me.
