Originally Posted by
Rob Waskis
One of the common questions asked by those who favor shutting down the country to "flatten the curve" is something to the effect of "at what level or mortality would you start to become concerned?". Phrased as an accusation, it looks like this: "you don’t care about a million excess deaths so long as it keeps the economy going another month".
I wonder what those who present such arguments (Bruno, lazygun, etc.) would answer to that same question asked slightly differently.
Is tanking the economy worth it to save one life? How about ten? A thousand? Where would YOU draw the line?
To take a turn making a hyperbolic accusation: you don't care about putting a third of the country on unemployment and adding $2 trillion to the national debt as long as it saves the life of one 89 year old man with multiple comorbidities.