# I'm pitting spring breakers

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [March 20, 2020, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pitting-spring-breakers/849858 "2020-03-20T02:12:04Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 22, 2020, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pitting-spring-breakers/849858/54 "2020-03-22T12:31:58Z")

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> Pleas explain, exactly, how taking every precaution is ‘making things worse’.

Because the “precautions” themselves have negative consequences. There’s some optimal amount of precautions that balances those negative effects versus the negative effects of the disease. People will, in fact, die from not being able to work, and from social isolation, and from “non-essential” programs (that were actually quite essential after all) being shut down. Over-react, and more people will die from those things.

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