Did you miss this part of the post you responded to?
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I prefer “financially destroyed” to “actually destroyed.”
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Dr. Drake’s post was in response this post:
[QUOTE=Magiver]
Seriously. Millions and millions of people are being financially destroyed.
Those over 65 are retired or can retire. That incomes requires that people work to generate money for taxes to pay that income. They can shelter in place.
There’s an extremely low death rate among children and none of them are considered essential workers so they can shelter in place.
People with type 1 diabetes need to take extra care monitoring their blood sugar level but your 1 in 3 statistic is just an emotional rant. Age is the overall marker for death from this disease just as it is for the flu. We don’t shut the country down for the flu and we’re not going to shut down the country indefinitely for this particular virus.
It’s been 8 weeks. We’ve prevented the health care system from being overrun and it’s time to go back to work. There will be peaks and valleys going forward just as there will be improvements in treatments.
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So, effectively, old people need to deal with the fact that we’re opening this shit up so that young people don’t go broke.
Therefore the comparison is the livelihood of the 28 year old to the life of the 80 year old. To me that is a pretty easy answer, and the 28 year old may not be happy with my choice.