Comment by Malthus on History's Biggest Natural Experiment · 2020-03-24T15:52:11.466Z · LW · GW

It's highly unlikely that this will have long term benefits for health. While social distancing will reduce the rate at which infectious diseases are spread, other illnesses will arise from everyone being at home all day long. Add that to the fact that all resources are being spent in fighting coronavirus and the effect on the general well-being of the population in regards to health will be negative.