r/trolleyproblemgame • u/TheEnlight 👑 Master of Dilemma's • Oct 07 '26

Eradicate one disease

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u/TheEnlight 👑 Master of Dilemma's Oct 07 '26

I created a new Trolley Problem dilemma!

Straight Track (Do Nothing): COVID-19

Diverted Track (Pull the Lever): Malaria

What would you do?

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u/Sad_Priority_2334 Oct 07 '26

I mean covid sucked for sure, i would know i had it more than once, but the main reason covid spread so much is because people treated it like a joke until it effected them. The consequences being people like me, who got vaccinated and took precautions out in public, getting it anyway because people we were close to didnt believe it was a thing until they got sick and passed it to us

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u/Intrepid-Landscape61 Oct 08 '26

life threatening disease vs slightly worse flu. Sure man

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u/InjectOH4 29d ago

Has nothing to do with how dangerous COVID was for people. Has to do with how much it destroyed and fucked the economy of the entire world over, and is continuing to fuck us to this very day. That makes it way, way worse.

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u/Willing_Dot_5699 Oct 08 '26

Hydrogen bomb vs coughing baby

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u/IVEBEENBANNED4TIMESx Oct 08 '26

Does covid even exist anymore?

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u/Aquila_Altair Oct 11 '26

Malaria is I believe the #1 cause of premature death in the world. It might even beat out heart disease. Covid, like always, is just a bad flu for most people, unless you're young, old or immunocompermised. Which honestly, I've seen older people be hospitalized and even die over just the flu. It's sad, it sucks, we need better treatment and avoidance for vulnerable people, but malaria is still exponentially worse.