Originally Posted by Valsdad
Originally Posted by nealglen37
This sucks...............but I'm glad this is taking more old people if someone has to go. I can not conceive the thought of 500,000 children and young adults dying.

Huh?

Are they worth more than me and my wife?

Why?

Worth more than the 60 year old physicians trying to save a bunch of sick folks right now?

Or the 75 year old Rabbi or Pastor of their church?

I'd be gladder if it was "just a bug" and wasn't killing anyone, old or young.

Geno




Part of the grieving process is what they call Bargaining. Lord, take me instead. Given a choice, I'd give myself up if it meant my sons and granddaughter would live. However, it just doesn't work that way.

In the big scheme of things, losing a bunch of old people does not hurt the population all that much. However, culturally it can be devastating. What we're talking about here is disproportionally losing a large chunk of Baby Boomers, the largest population bubble in human history. The Boomers are the ones running the country right now-- senior execs, professors, administrators, etc. We can ill afford to lose them.

In a perverse turn, it also looks like the over-60 thing might be changing as well. There are reports that the bug is mutating and some strains are able to take out younger healthy people.


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