| I do agree with you that the 1000 people are a drop compared to the millions (although those were young children, thus making for a longer duration of life potentially destroyed or disrupted individually). > Covid could've been solved in 1 month if everyone would just stay home for 1 month. Citation needed. It will be interesting to see some proper knowledge (including numbers and mathematical modelling) around this. But this virus was very contagious, even at the beginning, and as soon as > In addition, let me just comment how mathematically stupid it is HN guidelines: "Be kind. Don't be snarky." "Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize." (Also, your argument looks bogus since if there are multiple second-order effects with as much or higher (total) destruction then it would in fact be better to accept the first-order effects, no? Yes, that's probably not the case here, but your argument is that it's "mathematically" stupid, which does not appear to be the case.) I would prefer if people stayed a little calmer and more rational on HN (not just you). |