| > Didn't the whole generations fight for something more complex than "the right to be not told to social distance during a pandemic"? Read the parent comment to which I responded. Particularly the "There are videos of people being forcefully dragged home " part. > but there's any infinite list of right wing provocateurs bemoaning the orders Like there is an infinite list of left wing provocateurs who can't wait for full martial law. > a higher R0 doesn't mean a smaller death rate directly I may not be a virologist but: higher R0 => more cases not counted (especially at the begining without lockdown) => lower CFR. I don't see how that cannot be true, but please, I'm open to any explanation if my logic is flawed. > I would put up w/ some social distancing to prevent more pain to that many more people - absolutely. Yes and it's exacly what most americans are doing right now. And yes, it's worth doing if the mortality rate is 1%, not if it's 0.1%, or in this case we'll have to close the country every year for influenza. |