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SpecificFail t1_iyp96f0 wrote
Reply to comment by DippStarr in Pandemics Depress the Economy, Public Health Interventions Do Not: Evidence from the 1918 Flu – The public health interventions massively reduced disease transmission and mortality without depressing economic activity. by smurfyjenkins
Sadly true. Mitigation would have worked, but those in power used it as a way to award political favors, line their own pockets, and cause social disruption for their own gain. There's a reason why certain groups were so heavily invested in spreading misinformation, it was making them rich while drawing it out as long as possible.
SpecificFail t1_ixukaip wrote
Reply to comment by vtman7 in A study of NFL games during the 2020 season suggests a link between attendance and COVID spikes in surrounding counties 14 and 21 days later. The inferred connection held strongest for games attended by 20,000-plus fans by Wagamaga
Less easily doesn't mean that it can't, just that it is harder to spread through one avenue of infection. You still have large numbers of people congregating and existing in a common space. Railings, bathroom facilities, eating, packing themselves into corridors getting in and out of the stadium. This is ignoring the fact that most did not practice social distancing or wearing masks. If you think social distancing was being actively followed, you were kidding yourself.
The point that jumps out in my head was watching a college championship game, people in stands without a mask to be seen, standing shoulder to shoulder, game is over, and they all crowd the field hugging, kissing, partying.
There were no guidelines actually being followed at these events, not even remotely. In some states, it was even encouraged to not follow guidelines just to thumb their nose at liberals.
SpecificFail t1_iwngm41 wrote
Reply to comment by egregiouscodswallop in New psychology research rebuts Sigmund Freud's "wrecked by success" hypothesis: People with exceptionally successful careers tend to be healthier than their less successful peers by HeinieKaboobler
Mercury in hats, lead mixed in cosmetics, a culture based around heavy narcotic usage, extremely rich diets and sedentary jobs... Can't imagine any of those things associated with the wealthy were particularly good for health.
SpecificFail t1_ivrpxw4 wrote
Reply to A study found that people perceive that robots are replacing human jobs at a greater rate than they actually are. Only 14% of workers say they’ve had their job replaced by a robot. Workers who had been supplanted by a robot estimated that 47% of all jobs have been lost to robots. by Brave_Cycle_8745
Unsure if this accounts for businesses that were already reducing staff or had lost staff in the last few years and which have gone to automation in order to retain similar levels of productivity. It isn't that people are being fired for a robot to take over, just that more of the tasks that would have been done by a person are now being done by a machine.
SpecificFail t1_j2kt8gq wrote
Reply to comment by teb_art in An analysis of data from 30 survey projects spanning 137 countries found that 75% of people in liberal democracies hold a negative view of China, and 87% hold a negative view of Russia. However, for the rest of the world, 70% feel positively towards China, and 66% feel positively towards Russia. by glawgii
And some developed countries by propping up their leaders and businesses. China has been slowly buying up large parts of the world economy over the last 16 years or so.