Corona Math
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Rush aint happy
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Date: April 02, 2020 04:12PM
Caught a little of Limbaugh's show today. He is complaining abut the hit to the economy from the shutdown. Normally, I don't pay much attention to him, but he got me thinking, and I think he makes a valid point, if for all the wrong reasons.
Imagine you are Trump. There is a new disease going around, but you don't know much about it. You are to meet with the disease experts in fifteen minutes, and you know they are going they are to recommend shutting the economy down. But you don't know how many deaths are projected, and how many lives will be saved by shutting it down. The economy will tank if you shut down, and your reelection depends on you making the right decision.
Obviously, you would not shut down to save 1000 lives or even 10,000. But I think most people would at 10,000,000.
If you were Trump, where would you draw the line?