Donald Trump Has a Terrible Choice to Make as Coronavirus Deaths Continue to Mount, Crypto Coins News
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Despite health officials objecting, President Donald Trump is looking to kick start the economy in a matter of weeks, not months.
Coronavirus could affect the life expectancy of the infected. It’s important to remember, however, that the economy is also a factor.
The choice facing President Trump is to accept deaths in the short-term from the pandemic or risk a far higher number of deaths in the longer term from economic decisions.
The consensus among health officials and some government leaders is that the lockdown that spans much of America at the moment has to continue. Donald Trump isn’t so sure.
Sure, we can all take to social media to proclaim that lives matter more than profits. That may grab you a few ‘likes’ and shares. But, it’s a fundamentally flawed way of looking at the present situation.
A Report carried out by disease-modeling experts at Imperial College shows that a less stringent approach to the coronavirus pandemic in the UK would result in , deaths. At the same time, a more aggressive lockdown scenario could take those numbers down to , .
According to Balloux, the aggressive approach does not take into account the social and economic consequences.
he’ll get hammered for it. He’s truly in a no-win situation.
If he heeds the advice from medical professionals and maintains the lockdown, there will still be death and despair from the coronavirus outbreak, and there will also be a ravaged economy waiting for him on the other side.
Many people can’t see the other side of the argument. | Source: Twitter A fine line has to be tread in this unprecedented situation
Professor Balloux sums it up perfectly when he says:
You cannot neglect the economy – It’s a bit short-sighted to say you choose between crashing the economy and saving lives, but we don’t have the luxury of making that choice. We have to minimize loss of life, but we also have to minimize the loss to the economy.
If anything, the more straightforward answer for world leaders like President Trump is to maintain the lockdown, as it will be difficult to identify deaths associated with economic losses in the future due to the fact they would occur more gradually.
Dr. Bharat Pankhania, a senior clinical lecturer at the University of Exeter, added:
These happen in isolation and are not dramatic, more of an almost invisible event and certainly not recorded as a mitigating factor in the official records.
There is no clear cut answer here. Leaders like Donald Trump have to walk that fine line and hope that the fallout isn’t too catastrophic.
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