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from the lockdowns-were-supposed-to-be-just-one-part-of-defense-at-depth dept.
Economists warn of 'widespread costs' from lockdown:
Blanket restrictions on economic activity should be lifted and replaced with measures targeted specifically at groups most at risk, say economists.
[...] They argue that while the extent to which the lockdown contributed to a subsequent slowing in the rate of new infections and deaths is not easy to estimate precisely, it seems clear that it did contribute to these public health objectives.
However, they say it is "very far from clear" whether keeping such tight restrictions in place for three months until the end of June when they began to be lifted was warranted, given the large costs. They say that the costs of carrying on with such a lockdown are likely to have become significantly greater than its benefits.
Debate over the global dilemma continues.
(Score: 2) by Grishnakh on Thursday July 30 2020, @04:25PM (1 child)
What that proves is that most people are in fact stupid.
I'm not so sure of that. I think it proves that most *Americans* are in fact stupid, as seen by the ridiculous case and death counts here. The same goes in Brazil BTW, so it's not entirely exclusive to America. In countries with smarter populaces, they aren't having such huge problems.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 30 2020, @10:17PM
I don't think that stupid is the correct word here. It's more of a learned helplessness thing: if you don't believe your friend/family/neighbour would ever lift a finger to help you, the rational choice is to not lift finger (or a face mask) to help them either. Calling these people stupid without acknowledging that American society is broken at its core, is equally stupid.
Unless, of course, you're only calling them stupid to virtue signal your own allegiance. In which case, you are equally stupid, regardless of whether you acknowledge the brokenness of society.