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by troupe 2159 days ago
But if everyone had of x for y weeks and that prevented z deaths, how is that not worth it?

x=stopped driving y=52 z=34,000

or

x=not gone skiing y=4 months z=41

I'm not sure where the line is, but there are a number of things we could ban to lower the death rate. That doesn't mean I disagree with your assessment, but I'm just not sure I have any logical cut off point for what I would support and what I wouldn't other than just the way it feels looking at the numbers and how much it inconveniences me personally. (And I happen to like lockdown...)