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Saffronspokes

Annual global deaths from starvation ticked past 2 million this week whilst Covid-19 deaths for the equivalent period are still under 17,000.

With a global recession now pretty much accepted by everyone when will arguments start to be made that we've prioritised the wrong thing and the economic consequences of our actions now will cost more lives later on than we're saving now?

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Wrongcog in reply to @Saffronspokes

That is essentially Trump’s argument.... massively ironically. Not that he’s coming at it from that perspective obviously.

I think the general consensus is that an unchecked and virile virus won’t help things either way though right?

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Saffronspokes in reply to @Wrongcog

I guess it would have needed a collective global decision to have prioritised the economy over immediate lives as it would have been reliant on the global flow of goods and services still operating.

I'd be interested to read the various models and papers when this is explored in a few years time.

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