What Matters: Dollars vs. deaths is the sickening choice created by coronavirus
CNNCNN — How many lives is the world economy worth? AT THE END OF THE 15 DAY PERIOD, WE WILL MAKE A DECISION AS TO WHICH WAY WE WANT TO GO!” The disease – There’s a coronavirus pandemic raging out of control that directly threatens mass death among a percentage of the population – as well as the prospect of an overwhelmed health care system, putting even those who never get Covid-19 but who need other care at risk. New York Mayor Bill de Blasio was asked about Trump’s tweet on CNN Monday and he said that easing up on social distancing will kill people. “Even America’s resources to fight a viral plague aren’t limitless—and they will become more limited by the day as individuals lose jobs, businesses close, and American prosperity gives way to poverty.” Bad analogies – Sen. Ron Johnson, a Wisconsin Republican, questioned lockdown last week, arguing we don’t shut down roadways because people die in traffic accidents. “I don’t think with any moral conscience you could say, ‘Why don’t we just let it rip and happen and let X percent of the people die,’” Fauci said.
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