I advocated lockdowns combined with strong social safety net protections and a thorough testing regime and the person still said "yeah but the other effects." When I pressed as to what effects, they said "well children won't be able to socialize." Like yeah.... that's bad, but you know what else can effect a child's mental health: mommy/daddy/granpa/grandma/etc dying from a totally preventable pathogen.... Jesus and this person is in "academia" doing anthro and shit....

  • corgiwithalaptop [any, love/loves]
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    3 years ago

    Exactly. Next time he brings it up, I'll come ready with stats about their industrialization, life expectancy increases, and caloric intake compared to the USA at a similar timeframe.