<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:small"> At some point, the cost exceeds the value. We are way past the breakeven point and are deep into net loss.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:small">spike<br><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:small"><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:small"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><u></u> </span><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif">And how many lives have been saved? No one is shutting down things to ruin the economy. Impossible to measure, I'll grant you that. But that has to be the other side of the equation. People are still catching it and some are dying. Keep that in mind. How much damage to the economy is worth it to save a life? Theoretically. Does anyone know what variables are being used to make these mask and shutdown decisions? Who is measuring the effects? Are they making decisions based on data? What data? Does shutting down even work? Somebody has to know these things so they can make recommendations. I see none of the above in the news - just the actions to open up or close down. bill w</font></p></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Apr 7, 2021 at 2:35 PM spike jones via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div class="gmail-m_-451845061235750026WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Something Rafal posted has been rattling around in my head: the cost of the shutdown continues to accumulate as long as it is in effect.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">We have some notion that we can stay shut down until it is safe to re-open, but we really can’t. That isn’t right. Had we known we would still be in this situation a year ago, most governors would not have opted to shut down at all. At some point, the cost exceeds the value. We are way past the breakeven point and are deep into net loss.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">spike<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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