Goalposts
And you guys are confused why people are revolting.
Goalposts
And you guys are confused why people are revolting.
First it was the beaches in Florida. Then no appreciable spike in Florida cases.
Then there was the above.
Now its Georgia is being dangerous
Its like you guys don't get tired of being embarrassingly wrong.
"For there is always light, if only we are brave enough to see it. If only we are brave enough to be it." Amanda Gorman
"When Fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross"
BedellBrave (05-01-2020)
Interesting how a little police overreach is now a warcry for the right...
Remember BlueLivesMatter and they're just doin their jobs, and if you just cooperate there will be no issues. I can't wait to see Trump speak out against police officers overstepping their boundaries because he tells it like it is unfiltered.
Forever Fredi
Force people into their homes for months. Force them into bankruptcy.
Get mad when they protest.
Flatten the curve has been an effective rallying cry. And like many slogans it oversimplifies and even has an element of a lie in it.
My preferred slogan is Die Sooner or Die Later. That more accurately reflects the choice we are are making. Strangely the polling shows a strong preference for dying later. Even at significant cost and personal sacrifice.
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Garmel (05-01-2020)
I believe if you asked the people who are supportive of continued shutdowns for their explanations of why they support it, most would couch their support in terms of buying time. Time for developing a vaccine. Time for developing treatments. Time to better learn which activities contribute to the spread of the virus and which contribute less.
It is not a sophisticated argument, but it has the virtue of common sense. It might be wrong. It might be that a vaccine or treatment or better understanding are too far away to justify the economic sacrifice.
But the polling show a willingness to make that sacrifice on the part of most people. They would rather buy time and pay the very high price.
I would add though that those of us who are economists understand the externalities at work here. There are a lot of people who to one extent or another are acting as free riders in this situation.
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"I am a victim, I will tell you. I am a victim."
"I am your retribution."
My point is the information that is being pushed as well as the information that is being suppressed is helping for the public opinion.
Meanwhile Sweden has basically fully flattened on infections of a month and soon we will see that impact on deaths once the lag settles.
We were told accept lockdowns or millions will die. Just another thing the expert and professional class got terribly wrong.
The economic and social costs would be enormous whatever course was taken by government.
Pretty much every serious analyst who has looked at a "do nothing" or "intervene lightly" approach finds very high costs. That is not because those options are bad. It is because we are in a situation where all options result in enormous job losses and social dislocation.
We would have a deep recession just simply from spontaneous decisions by ordinary people to reduce certain activities. And those reductions in activities are likely to continue for some time. Until people feel safe going to work or to a movie or getting a haircut.
So we are trying to choose the least bad option in a terrible situation. Some involve a temporary suppression or reduction of cherished constitutional rights. Call it tyranny. But I think those options should be on the table.
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"I am a victim, I will tell you. I am a victim."
"I am your retribution."