[kirillzubovsky]

Earlier in a podcast Chamath also explains that we are basically facing a choice: save the people, or save the markets, and we are choosing to save the people.

If you look at the link from Draper, he is a VC, and is clearly looking at the situation from a more financial stand-point. His push to reopen business as usual might sound cold, given the situation, but it has legs, at least from a purely economical point of view.

[jenntoda]

Nope, that doesn't make any sense. Keep the shops open now and infection grows exponentially. Overwhelm the ICU capacity = MORE people will die. MORE people dead = less consumption = less people paying rent, etc.

There is no good solution :(

[kasperni]

Agreed. Honestly, who is going to take a trip around the world now? Even if all the borders were open. No one is going to risk getting stuck in some foreign country.

[forkexec]

Some rich jerk who's paying people in hand-sanitizer instead of money.

[forkexec]

There is a better solution: taking care of people, isolating the vulnerable and not allowing others to get sick unnecessarily rather than letting 120-170 million die.

[senectus1]

the damage to the economy and to the human population is PROVABLY better if you flatten the curve.

https://qz.com/1816060/a-chart-of-the-1918-spanish-flu-shows...

[anovikov]

UK chose to save the markets. Let's see how it will play out.