canonlicense wrote:
redribbongirl wrote:
Are people here really arguing that it's okay to sacrifice the lives of thousands of people to (maybe) save the economy? How incredibly awful do you need to be to think that? You know it's not just the older population right? It's anyone with a compromised immune system and anyone who has diabetes, heart issues, or asthma who is at risk. Today, the first person under 18 died from the virus. Are you willing to sacrifice your own parent or grandparent so businesses can reopen?
Hospitals are already running out of supplies, what happens if everyone gets sick at once? It won't be just people sick with the virus unable to get treatment because hospitals are over capacity, it'll be people with other health emergencies as well.
Sure, you can argue that death rates increase during a recession, but not like this. Nobody HAS to commit suicide because of financial issues. Very few people in the US actually starve to death each year. The impact is completely different.
We already do this, buttercup.
Money would have huge short-term returns in healthcare of underdeveloped parts of the world, and most of the business world does not donate except to further their own image.
You are just observing a relative change in status quo.
It is all we can do to keep nuclear powers from taking over. No one has time or money for humanitarian efforts.
Usually people at least try to act like they care if other people die...