harambaebae69

"loud pipes save lives"

I don't necessarily agree with it, but that's the common refrain yes.

I happen to entirely agree with you, but the counterargument is that a treatment (not vaccine) becomes available earlier which makes the incidence of actual lasting damage from wuflu so low as to not warrant any more shutdown.

I live in Boston and drive every day still. This is anecdotal - but I've seen the same amount of bad driving as ever (largely around merging, roundabouts, and turn signal usage) but now it's at a significantly higher speed because on I-95 and I-93 you can easily hit 85 mph instead of the customary 45 mph the whole way during rush hour.

I don't have any data, but I imagine that explains the similar serious accident rate.

Is this the same general concept as in Spaceballs (1987)?

Lone Starr : Listen! We're not just doing this for money!

Barf : [Barf looks at him, raises his ears]

Lone Starr : We're doing it for a SHIT LOAD of money!