I think these scientists recommended approach makes sense... Let the young and safe live normal lives, and dedicate resources to protect those who are vulnerable to the virus.
Unfortunately what many are worried about is that the Barringtonites only care about themselves and the sooner everyone else dies off the better - i.e. what we're seeing in USA and UK; weaponisation of the virus for classist+racist reasons.
Everyone can catch this this and pass it on, it's nigh on impossible to isolate a third of society for the ~five years it will take to overcome Covid. Achieving safe movement (within a single country) is possible, we have done it in NZ, but we do not have structural racism or classism to the extent of UK/US/Australia
Did you read the declaration? It makes a case for Focused Protection, arguing for _more_ protection policies for the vulnerable (elderly, etc) than the current efforts. I find this compelling, because I see elderly folks at Target and the grocery store, as well as working jobs like older bus drivers, they are disproportionately at risk and as such should be encouraged through health policy to not go for groceries or work during the pandemic. They also point out in the UnHerd interview that the current policy is classist because upper class professionals can work from home, while many more poor and working class essential workers have to continue working, regardless of age, which results in an unjust higher Covid death toll among the poor/working class than those with white collar jobs. The declaration encourages more protection of the vulnerable than the current lockdown health policies.
Groupthink. "Groupthink is a psychological phenomenon that occurs within a group of people in which the desire for harmony or conformity in the group results in an irrational or dysfunctional decision-making outcome." That about sums how I would answer the question posed in the title of the article.
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[ 3.5 ms ] story [ 15.4 ms ] threadEveryone can catch this this and pass it on, it's nigh on impossible to isolate a third of society for the ~five years it will take to overcome Covid. Achieving safe movement (within a single country) is possible, we have done it in NZ, but we do not have structural racism or classism to the extent of UK/US/Australia
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groupthink