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> no one knew if it was a new black death or just a harmless virus When did "no one know"? There was already data in early May 2020 showing risk by age group https://twitter.com/d_spiegel/status/1260542469256753153
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Yep, I looked at Out World in Data [0] at the time and from the numbers it was very clear to me that it was a disease that was mainly risky for old people and people with co-morbidities. At that point it was clear to me that most people wouldn't need to be very scared. --- [0]: https://ourworldindata.org
I was scared because I had elderly relatives. The idea that we should only worry about ourselves feels deeply immoral to me.
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One issue is that it's a political decision on which citizens were protected. Should we close schools semi-indefinitely to protect the elderly after vaccines were widely available (like in SF)? Shutting down debates on these issues was and is controversial.
The elderly vote Conservative, almost by definition. QED.