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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 30 2020, @10:45PM (5 children)
Dupe, JMH? Are you trolling for a legit spam mod? It is possible, except for those of us already mod-banned.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Friday July 31 2020, @04:12AM (4 children)
You're not mod banned. I mean I can manually give you a free weekend of being so if you just really want to be and ask nicely but if you want more than that you're just going to have to abuse the Spam mod like everyone else.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 31 2020, @04:59AM (3 children)
I like how the TMB knows I am not mod-banned, since I am AC. We are mighty, hear us Roar! But evidently not so anonymous as we are lead to believe? In any case, some poor smuck has gone an spam-modded both of JMH's manifestos, which is excessive, if not entirely undeserved. I trust the ubiquitous TMB will reverse these, and appropriately punish the responsible party? Cannot be me, since we ACs do not have mod privileges, so really, we are mod-banned to begin with. Again, fellow ACs, the all seeing eye of
SauronThe Mightby Buszard sees who you really are. And people wonder why I do not take system admin's professions of ethics seriously.(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Friday July 31 2020, @12:15PM (1 child)
You don't need to be an admin to tell your logged in postings from your AC postings. One of the perils of having a distinctive style of prose is that your style of prose is distinctive.
The ubiquitous TMB is the one who performed those moderations. Repeating the same thing multiple times, especially attached to the same story, is very much within the qualifications of Spam.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 01 2020, @08:07AM
As usual TMB thinks he is smarter than he is. Quibos anadrondum heros :-)
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 01 2020, @08:13AM
SN records a hash of your IP which remains the same. With a little work TMB can determine your actual IP. They like to obfuscate that fact, but they do admit the reality so it isn't super shady. Admins and editors get to see that IP hash so they can tell which AC posts come from same users. Gotta use a VPN or TOR if you want to evade TMB's abusive behavior. At least the other admins and editors keep him in line for the most part, but son't fall for their idealism in the about page.