August 19, 2020 04:53AM | Registered: 14 years ago Posts: 2,934
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JamesJM
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There DOES EXIST a point where the 'cure' is worse than the disease... and acknowledging that IS science, and morally and ethically SOUND.
I agree with this statement.
There IS a point at which public health orders, IMO, can go too far.
For example, if the coronavirus were ever to be isolated in a town or city, I wouldn't be in favor of calling in the military to enforce strict stay-at-home orders like China did in Wuhan. Physically beating/threatening/jailing citizens who are already suffering through a pandemic is not the way to go. This only serves to make people fear the government that's supposed to be helping them.
But again, these types of "the cure is worse than the disease" arguments are NOT being made.
The types of arguments being made attempt to claim some sort of numerical equivalence between the carnage WE KNOW and CAN REASONABLY EXPECT from the coronavirus to THEORIES about increased suicide, alcoholism/drug abuse, and domestic violence instances that have NO FOUNDATION from prior similar events.
Why on earth would someone make such an argument, if not for some other reasons?
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