Abortion is much different than contracting a disease and possibly dying. One is voluntarily terminating a life. The other is letting mature take its course. We don’t even know much about he virus and what will happen . Right now all we are doing is slowing down the curve so it peaks later. A lot of people will still be exposed. The only reason we want to slow it is to prevent hospitals from being filled and lacking supplies however more and more evidence suggests more and more people are either immune or are asymptomatic or that respirators won’t really help people that have trouble breathing (main reason people end up in the hospital) because it may not be problems with a lungs capacities or ability to pump air but rather the ability of cells to absorb and use the oxygen.
While I certainly wish we could just focus on saving lives and preventing death, the state of the world today and the way the economy works adds an additional stress. Tens of millions just in the US may be unemployed. This leads to financial hardship, stress within families, homelessness etc. Honestly, because of how complicated life has become today and the necessity for money, I think many people would rather be sick or dying than not have any livelihood. I’m sure suicide rates will rise dramatically, domestic abuse is on the rise, mental health issues will rise, and all the stress probably will negatively affect people’s health.
Both the disease and the economic effects caused by shutdowns will negatively affect lives. It’s inevitable. We don’t know what the best solution is but I’m wondering if we are really helping more people, saving more lives even, by all this social isolation and shelter in place
