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pmb- the “except for those who die” line is emotional but holds no water to how humans behave

Posted by JackDawson (aka dawson) Mar 17 '20, 09:23

Ban cars! 40,000 fewer car deaths A YEAR! More than the coronavirus deaths

If you can cars though, gazillions will suffer including death

Instead we permit cars but put in speed limits and seatbelts to MINIMIZE death, we accept death as the cost of a greater good

Appealing to the fact of people dying isn’t a way to construct public policy, which accepts this and moves on

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(My point on B2 is that when we get the risk/death numbers to numbers we can live morally with - clearly, the flu numbers, we will carry on) - JackDawson Mar 17, 09:29 2
- My point is that I think your posts were underplaying the issues here. Yes, we treat the flu differently, but that is in part because of experience, - pmb Mar 17, 09:41 1
  - I’m not underplaying it, actually, I’m simply saying that this disease is clearly and plain to the eye to see not something that ends humanity or that - JackDawson Mar 17, 09:49

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pmb- the “except for those who die” line is emotional but holds no water to how humans behave

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