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by jenntoda 2286 days ago
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 :(

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