Quote (ofthevoid @ Mar 18 2020 01:02pm)

We make efforts to stem deaths from cars, we don't stop driving or shut down the economy and stay in our houses even though driving or being around cars is deadly.

My logic is simple, if we aren't shutting down the economy over that which i think we can agree is way more impactful on the aggregate then how does it make sense to do so over something that is 1/10 as damaging in net results?

Having a healthcare system that can service tens of millions more than expected capacity in times of peace is nonsensical and highly wasteful. 20-50 million people a year are injured from car accidents, tens of millions are injured as part of their jobs or whatever, many of them require going to the hospital, yet i'v never heard we need to increase our hospitals capacity because those numbers are staggering.

What exactly you think is the solution? Build tons of hospitals and have 2x healthcare workers but only have half of them working in non stress times?

Quote (thesnipa @ Mar 18 2020 02:04pm)

cars last forever. even if we locked ourselves inside they'd still be there. cars dont have a possible vaccine for the death they cause coming. etc.

i agree, your logic is simple.

Quote (ofthevoid @ Mar 18 2020 07:02pm)

We make efforts to stem deaths from cars, we don't stop driving or shut down the economy and stay in our houses even though driving or being around cars is deadly.

My logic is simple, if we aren't shutting down the economy over that which i think we can agree is way more impactful on the aggregate then how does it make sense to do so over something that is 1/10 as damaging in net results?

Quote (ofthevoid @ Mar 18 2020 01:19pm)

You're right the other plan makes much more sense, see you in 18 months. Hopefully the gov't gives us enough freebies to prevent rioting and anarchy.

Quote (Skinned @ 18 Mar 2020 18:15)

We have 18 ICU beds in the county I practice in.

Quote (Djunior @ Mar 18 2020 02:20pm)

Imagine those injuries and deaths are not evenly distributed throughout the year but suddenly grow exponentially, causing the healthcare system to collapse.

Your logic doesn't make sense, traffic accident related injuries are something entirely different than this virus.

Quote (ofthevoid @ 18 Mar 2020 19:31)

Being overwhelmed for a weeks as we get herd immunity very rapidly to me is less dangerous than the vast majority of businesses being shut down and having 50% of the population that lived paycheck to paycheck be expected to survive until we get a vaccine for god knows how long.

Time will tell, really wish at least one country took the get it over as soon as possible approach. Maybe India or Africa will considering their population is relatively young.

Quote (ofthevoid @ Mar 18 2020 11:31am)

Being overwhelmed for a weeks as we get herd immunity very rapidly to me is less dangerous than the vast majority of businesses being shut down and having 50% of the population that lived paycheck to paycheck be expected to survive until we get a vaccine for god knows how long.

Time will tell, really wish at least one country took the get it over as soon as possible approach. Maybe India or Africa will considering their population is relatively young.

Quote (ofthevoid @ Mar 18 2020 01:31pm)

Being overwhelmed for a weeks as we get herd immunity very rapidly to me is less dangerous than the vast majority of businesses being shut down and having 50% of the population that lived paycheck to paycheck be expected to survive until we get a vaccine for god knows how long.

Time will tell, really wish at least one country took the get it over as soon as possible approach. Maybe India or Africa will considering their population is relatively young.