I wholeheartedly agree with this, the poor and weak are always hit the hardest. Furthermore, while quite serious, people shouldn't panick.
It is important to realize how well SARS turned out in the end. Back then the chinese government kind of dragged their feet, and they were lucky that the infection rate wasn't terrible. Due to pro-active measures by multiple governments the virus was still contained really quickly and less than 10k people were infected.
Almost every change in policy direction will hit the poor hardest because they, by definition, have the fewest available resources to handle that change. That is not the argument to say a policy change should not be made, because without that policy, it will hit us all harder, and by then, the poor will only be left worse off.
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[ 3.6 ms ] story [ 15.7 ms ] threadIf it spreads beyond Wuhan it will affect the poor in Wuhan _and_ the poor in other cities.
One city’s poor vs many city’s poor. Gov. has to make a decision.
It is important to realize how well SARS turned out in the end. Back then the chinese government kind of dragged their feet, and they were lucky that the infection rate wasn't terrible. Due to pro-active measures by multiple governments the virus was still contained really quickly and less than 10k people were infected.