Interesting thread.
But the % of Americans over 70 that die every year isn't that much less: 2% for 70-74; 4% 75-79; 7% 80-84.
This plan could take 18+ months of a destroyed economy; I can see support for quarantines fail among younger people whose futures are fucked by it.
But the % of Americans over 70 that die every year isn't that much less: 2% for 70-74; 4% 75-79; 7% 80-84.
This plan could take 18+ months of a destroyed economy; I can see support for quarantines fail among younger people whose futures are fucked by it.
Tough sell: working class who already have historically high debt and low savings are fucked over primarily to save the lives of people at the end of their lives, who are seen by many as *why* the working class are in so much financial trouble.
You can't work; they collect rent.
You can't work; they collect rent.
Depends on what death/disability rates for younger people turn out to actually be. But with sufficient inequality I won't be surprised if those numbers are distrusted anyway.
Uniquely, the working class has an effective bioweapon: protest in the streets, spreading the virus.
Uniquely, the working class has an effective bioweapon: protest in the streets, spreading the virus.
Source: statista.com/statistics/241…
