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		NineStarPoint on Dec 7, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Peter Thiel Says Covid Marks 21st Century’s True S... Economic effects of the virus may well be more long reaching though.

Izkata on Dec 7, 2020 [–]

Don't conflate the virus with the lockdowns. Knock-on effects of the lockdowns - which were a choice by governments, not some inevitability - are projected to have far worse long-term effects.

turing_complete on Dec 7, 2020 | [–]

I agree, but that is also part of what Thiel is talking about.

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