If a sixfold reduction is worth concentration camps, a near-infinite reduction should be worth murder.
Infections are only worth avoiding because they decrease QALYs. Euthanasia is somewhat more effective at reducing infections than quarantine, but it’s also harsher on the patient and the patient’s community; it’s not clear to me that the additional benefits of reducing infections further makes up for the additional costs in this case.
(Mandatory testing is a necessary component of quarantine, I suspect, as one of the primary arguments against quarantine was that it would strongly disincentivize getting tested, which is already a significant problem.)
Ah- I think I disvalue quarantine more than you do. I don’t see that large a difference between the amount of time spent in forced quarantine when it lasts for the rest of the victim’s life.
Of course, in the modern era there are unimplemented polices much less disagreeable than either that would have a similar magnitude of effect. Many of those policies are implemented voluntarily by individuals.
Infections are only worth avoiding because they decrease QALYs. Euthanasia is somewhat more effective at reducing infections than quarantine, but it’s also harsher on the patient and the patient’s community; it’s not clear to me that the additional benefits of reducing infections further makes up for the additional costs in this case.
(Mandatory testing is a necessary component of quarantine, I suspect, as one of the primary arguments against quarantine was that it would strongly disincentivize getting tested, which is already a significant problem.)
Ah- I think I disvalue quarantine more than you do. I don’t see that large a difference between the amount of time spent in forced quarantine when it lasts for the rest of the victim’s life.
Of course, in the modern era there are unimplemented polices much less disagreeable than either that would have a similar magnitude of effect. Many of those policies are implemented voluntarily by individuals.