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Rafal Smigrodzki's avatar

One issue that often gets ignored in these discussion is the complete lack of efficacy of the kind of "social distancing" that is happening now. The laughable 6 feet of distance, the 50% reductions in restaurant capacity or the funny direction arrows you see on the floor in supermarkets are completely devoid of any scientific justification. It's a marriage of magical thinking and political safety theatre.

I went skiing today and there is a 30% reduction in lift capacity, enforced to "save lives". This is beyond stupid. Between the burning UV light and the strong wind a virus is about as durable as a fart in a windstorm. And of course, people who feel sick usually don't go skiing and most people who ski are not vulnerable to Covid due to their average young age and good health condition.

In a sane world there would be no "distancing", aside from keeping the sick elderly isolated from the general population.

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Overcoming Bias Commenter's avatar

The way such issues are usually seen, I believe, is by the capacity of the intensive care units in hospitals. All those distancing measures, wearing masks, closing restaurants, large events, etc., the main purpose is to avoid that the hospitals would be overwhelmed. Keeping a phenomenon with exponential potential under control leaves very little options, sadly.

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