You say vulnerable, low-income people “must put themselves at risk to stay alive”, then propose not letting them do so? A lockdown, by itself, does not give the poor any money. If you wish to prevent them from working risky jobs to support themselves, you must either offer them some other form of support or assert that they have other, better options (“homelessness, malnourishment, etc.”?), but are making the wrong decision by working and thus ought to be prevented from doing so. Being denied options is only protection if one is making the wrong decision.
Do you think these people ought to be homeless and malnourished? If so, that’s a hard case to make morally or practically. If not, you should offer an alternative, rather than simply banning what you yourself state is their only path to avoiding this.
Shelter in place orders create common conditions that force government response to these issues. That the current government is not totally holding up that end of the shelter in place bargain is a problem, and an possible counter to this counter argument.
You say vulnerable, low-income people “must put themselves at risk to stay alive”, then propose not letting them do so? A lockdown, by itself, does not give the poor any money. If you wish to prevent them from working risky jobs to support themselves, you must either offer them some other form of support or assert that they have other, better options (“homelessness, malnourishment, etc.”?), but are making the wrong decision by working and thus ought to be prevented from doing so. Being denied options is only protection if one is making the wrong decision.
Do you think these people ought to be homeless and malnourished? If so, that’s a hard case to make morally or practically. If not, you should offer an alternative, rather than simply banning what you yourself state is their only path to avoiding this.
Shelter in place orders create common conditions that force government response to these issues. That the current government is not totally holding up that end of the shelter in place bargain is a problem, and an possible counter to this counter argument.