"If you put economy ahead of public health, and you have people dropping like flies from COVID..."

[Dennis Donovan]

"...you're going to ruin the economy anyway." - Arthur Caplan on CNN

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John Berman ✔@JohnBerman

JUST NOW: ""If you put the economy ahead of public health, and then you have people dropping like flies from the pandemic, you're going to ruin the economy anyway." @ArthurCaplan of NYU Langone Medical Center to @NewDay

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7:44 AM - Mar 24, 2020

[WePurrsevere]

1. Spot on! Trump and those GOP (greed over people) types advising him...

this way are the same pushers of the 'trickle down' hooey that's been PROVEN not to work.

This new shtuff is just more stupid greedy horsepucky and is just as wrong but for a slightly different reason... Dead people don't pay taxes, dead people don't pay bills, dead people don't buy products or services and while the dead can't vote for politicians or with their wallet, their deeply grieving and very pissed off loved ones do and/or will.

The hypocrisy of most that push this deal is disgusting. They claim to be 'Christians' and push their agenda down our throats and yet money over people is the antithesis of what Jesus taught in the gospels. It is morally reprehensible & just plain WRONG on so many levels. The bottom line is economies will recover, dead people won't.

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2. A public health crisis is morphing into an economic crisis before our eyes

Did we have some vote and I missed it where we're now all listening to economists and financial experts instead of doctors and health professionals for what to do next?