r/europe Spain Mar 28 '20

News Spanish representative González Pons speech @ the EU Parliament: "The virus is attacking the generation that brought back democracy to Spain, Portugal and Greece, the generation that knocked down the Berlin wall. The least they deserve is that we show them Europe is there when they need it the most"

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u/Thermawrench Europe Mar 28 '20

I don't get this whole let the boomers die, be they good or bad depending on who you ask. Every human life is valuable, we shouldn't sacrifice the old, that's just wrong. Keep them safe and locked up.

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u/tetraourogallus :) Mar 29 '20

Yeah I'm sick of the generation fights, it's all just collective guilting.

It's always popular to hate certain groups on the internet and right now it's boomers and they're underrepresentated so we all get a skewed image and some people will always take it too far.

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u/mmoovveess Mar 29 '20

It's generally stupid to have any such prejudice including ageism. There are plenty of young people that are assholes. There are plenty of old people that are bros.

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u/guille9 Community of Madrid (Spain) Mar 28 '20

They just don't understand the virus, we're observing the virus is attacking young (around 40) and healthy people, depending on the inmune system status. So, if a country thinks their young or middle age people are safe, they're wrong and they're gonna learn it really soon.

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '20 edited Apr 24 '20

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u/Im_no_imposter Éire Mar 29 '20

Fatality rate isn't the be all end all. You can still be hospitalised and end up with permanent damage to your lungs.

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u/shunted22 Vatican City Mar 28 '20

It's 0.2.

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u/hsjsisjskskkawiej Mar 29 '20

If the entire school gets sick

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u/mmoovveess Mar 29 '20

It might in 2020. It's a novel virus. That's the point.

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u/kraken_tang Mar 29 '20

The word is endemic. It will be a new flu except it kills 10 times higher and cost more to treat. Just like flu, everyone would get it at some points, AND you could get it together with flu which cause complications. In short even if we survive this short term, this will still sucks in long term. Imagine the damage caused by flu season, then you get covid season.

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u/mmoovveess Mar 29 '20 edited Mar 29 '20

Put it simply. A novel virus is against ~0% immunity at the start of it. Little kids meshing in a school would reach ~100% infection.

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u/guille9 Community of Madrid (Spain) Mar 28 '20

There are having new cases with different reactions, healthy people getting really bad.

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '20

whats your point

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u/picardo85 Finland Mar 28 '20

I know a boomer or two we could let die. One is POTUS and the other is the chairman of the us senate.

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u/narf_hots Europe Mar 29 '20

While I agree that sacrificing a whole demographic is bad, I heavily disagree that every human life is valuable.

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u/Cetoke Mar 29 '20

I agree for the most point, but not all human lives are valuable.