> The US doesn't have a hundred times less old people than Italy. The whole "don't worry about old people dying" attitude of those eager to "reopen the economy" is kind of despicable.
It's totally despicable, and it's not my position.
I propose we do what the UK proposed, and what Sweden is doing: keep all vulnerable folks inside, provide them with services such as groceries and any healthcare they may need on-site, and release the low risk to build a protective barrier of herd immunity around them. That should have been evident when I said "old people were hundreds of times worse off."
That's totally orthogonal to my point, which is that you can't project the mortality rate of a population that's overwhelmingly disproportionately affected, scale it linearly onto the world population and assume that'll be at all representative of the reality on the ground.
And yes, Florida may be affected very badly, and the plan may need to be adjusted accordingly.
It's totally despicable, and it's not my position.
I propose we do what the UK proposed, and what Sweden is doing: keep all vulnerable folks inside, provide them with services such as groceries and any healthcare they may need on-site, and release the low risk to build a protective barrier of herd immunity around them. That should have been evident when I said "old people were hundreds of times worse off."
That's totally orthogonal to my point, which is that you can't project the mortality rate of a population that's overwhelmingly disproportionately affected, scale it linearly onto the world population and assume that'll be at all representative of the reality on the ground.
And yes, Florida may be affected very badly, and the plan may need to be adjusted accordingly.