I genuinely wonder what the total societal cost of fighting Covid will

be. And once it's all added up, will it have been worth it?

Between business shutdowns, lost jobs, stimulus spending, inflation, supply chain disruptions, a generation of kids whose education got hosed, lost travel (business and pleasure), free vaccines, etc. etc. etc. etc. the final tally has got to be in the tens of trillions, if not approaching 100T.

Just as a thought experiment, what if we'd just said wash your hands, wear a mask indoors, and spent all that money solving a different problem (say, Cancer, for example). Would society be better or worse off?

In response to this post by GreenvilleVT

Posted: 12/07/2021 at 11:32AM

National Bureau of economic conditions has new report -- GreenvilleVT 12/07/2021 08:48AM

I know that where I grew up... -- Chris Coleman

12/07/2021 1:44PM

But the new casino will change all that, right? . . . grew up 10 miles . . -- MidloHokie 12/07/2021 2:29PM

That’s what the economic development folks in upstate NY have said forever -- GreenvilleVT 12/07/2021 3:05PM

I'm willing to bet that %decline correlates strongly with lack of broadband ** -- Freddyburg Hokie 12/07/2021 2:13PM

But there's free wifi at the green boxes ** -- LaneRat 12/07/2021 1:53PM

I haven't had a chance to watch the whole video. -- herndon teach 12/07/2021 12:08PM

I genuinely wonder what the total societal cost of fighting Covid will -- Tafkam Hokie 12/07/2021 11:32AM

Will it have been worth it? It never was. -- HokieJay 12/07/2021 4:03PM

They were never in the taxpayer service. Only taxpayer thieving business... ** -- NokieHokie 12/07/2021 4:21PM

"You probably heard we ain't in the [taxpayer serving] business;... -- HokieJay 12/07/2021 4:59PM

Steal from the poor and give to the rich! ** -- NokieHokie 12/07/2021 5:01PM

Drug overdoses have set records. So we have that going for us. ** -- GreenvilleVT 12/07/2021 3:06PM

Yeah, forgot substance abuse, increase in crime, and domestic violence -- Tafkam Hokie 12/07/2021 4:12PM

Hard to say. -- TechHokie13 12/07/2021 1:59PM

Simple answer, we gooned up our approach to COVID, bad! -- EDGEMAN 12/07/2021 12:10PM

Society would be smaller. The preventive measures pre vaccine saved lives -- KeithHokie89 12/07/2021 11:47AM

Rampant cheating since they can open another window for answers -- lchoro 12/07/2021 10:34AM

There was cheating before- they just texted each other ** -- bigbadbird 12/07/2021 10:56AM

Local schools are blaming the big uptick of brawls and -- PhotoHokieNC 12/07/2021 09:40AM

Its all nonsense - our kids went back in 2020 and there were no problems -- bigbadbird 12/07/2021 10:55AM

Many states will simply lower the passing requirements to 'fix' the ... -- vt90 12/07/2021 09:14AM

So in other words, it will probably never be judged. ** -- MP4VT2004 12/07/2021 2:43PM

Yep ** -- fordham 12/07/2021 09:17AM

I'm reading "Make it Stick" right now. -- hokiehunter07 12/07/2021 09:09AM

No one could have seen that coming/sarc ** -- ColoVT82 12/07/2021 09:07AM

Link? ** -- EDGEMAN 12/07/2021 08:54AM

Here you go. -- GreenvilleVT 12/07/2021 09:15AM

At some point this needs to be reviewed side-by-side with the actual number -- vt90 12/07/2021 09:57AM

Thanks! Have forwarded it to several educators and a superintendent. ** -- EDGEMAN 12/07/2021 09:52AM

Can you imagine states that kept their states in lockdown longer? -- EDGEMAN 12/07/2021 08:53AM

Every HS kid I have talked to said last year was an absolute waste -- Happy Dog 12/07/2021 11:09AM

But they got better at sports- not enough to matter- ** -- bigbadbird 12/07/2021 08:59AM

I genuinely wonder what the total societal cost of fighting Covid will

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