Depends. Does the incident of a car accident infect others and cause them to die by car accident? Do sexually active people put others at mortal risk merely by coming into contact with them?
You would agree that is not the case with this pandemic. Its about a virus spreading itself through human to human contact. A cat in Belgium also caught this illness from its owner
I think we might all personally be surprised as to what we’d be prepared to accept. Notwithstanding that we have far less freedom than we appreciate.
But in this scenario, currently being played out in most countries, you are the doctor forced to choose who to give the respirator too. Now if we all stay home, we ease that pressure by not catching or spreading the virus.
I’m extremely dubious about that. If cats and dogs could catch this, we would be seeing thousands of infected animals at this point, and animal shelters and emergency vets would be reporting a lot of sick animals. Instead we’ve had reports of one cat and one dog. There are also many feline illnesses that could have caused that cat’s symptoms.
Corona virus is more akin to terrorists or a mass shooter with unlimited ammo. Without swift decisive action, the country may well be a ghost town. Did you not agree with the measures the goverment took after 9/11 ie. grounding planes, closing boarders etc. What about when a shooter is on the loose in a shopping center? Is going into lockdown until the aggressor is contained not the right thing to do?benedictinehopeful:
The logic applies equally:
COVID deaths occur because we are social beings, and may also have origins from malicious behavior of human beings.
Us staying out of automobiles would reduce the rate of death from car accidents by making sure that roads don’t fill up.
Having sexually-active persons, who seek abortions, remain socially distant from one another would reduce the rate of abortions.
Might you be able to share a deeper difference between these that might help me understand your perspective better. The way I see it is that deaths are caused either by accident or on purpose. Do you see a third option?
Haha, fair point. I’m sold on the idea
China has many democratic processes which vary in their effectiveness and consistency. Representative democracy is only one form of democracy. In general I support it but I do not say all other systems are undemocratic in their entirety. I am sure the US democracy is efficient at some things, but in other it is not. For example, it has elected a president with far fewer votes than his main opponent and its representative bodies are constrained by a constitution leading to rule by unelected courts. It is entirely possible, for example, that in the present situation one of the myriad of federal courts would decide that an emergency measure was unconstitutional. That may be desirable for some reasons but it is certainly not helpful in stopping the spread of viruses.
