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going to be a lot of coulda woulda shoulda when this all ends and we actually learn the truth....if we ever learn the truths.
“If it saves one life....”
Here’s the honest truth.
There is an acceptable level of risk with every action or activity in life that’s weighed against a greater good. Sometimes that “good” doesn’t mean saving lives. Sometimes it means convenience or happiness. Driving cars will never be banned or stopped. It would literally save the lives of tens of thousands of people a year from all walks of life. It’s too convent isn’t and society has (long ago) weighed those deaths/risks and said “we accept that”. That’s a simple argument but this is t any different when you talk about keeping a country shut down into eternity. It’s going to need to open soon. It’s not because we are ****, cold hearted, or want people to die. It just makes logical sense. It should be done and people encouraged to continue to take precautions. Instead of cutting checks to everyone. Identify the most at risk and help them 3 fold more than a blanket check could ever do.
I agree with every one of the comments on this thread, from @AndersonDawg, @GrayDawg, @Casanova_Flatulence, @OroValleyDawg, @Wtk, @texdawg, @Baxleydawg, @judasdurant, @RedDawg, and @Raiderbeater1.
But I don't agree with the OP. First, Karma is not a real thing. Second, it seems as if you wish ill upon your neighbors, and if so, that's a shame. But it is certainly consistent with the message I receive from the MSM and others who don't share my perspective.
Well said. Since I’m in the trucking industry and do safety presentations all the time I can tell you that it’s 30 to 40 thousand per year that die in automobile accidents.
As far as shutting down much longer, we can’t. It takes everyone as a team to produce the basic things we need to survive. Food, clothing, medicine, electricity, etc. Long term isolation means economic collapse, famine, starvation, and much more devastation than the disease is causing.
I’m glads shes ok. Total isolation is the only way to avoid any most communicable diseases. Of course humans couldn’t survive in total isolation.
Is anybody else thought about the possible Covid19 baby boom with everyone stuck at home and nothing else to do. Should be a bunch of babies born in around 9 months.
600000 deaths a year worldwide from the flu. I hate that and people dying from the corona also but we cannot stop it. Shutting down the world will not stop it
Thanks, Me too. I’m just glad we were all healthy enough that it didn’t cause problems. Either one of my grandparents would’ve been in a lot of trouble. And when this generation grows up they will be the quaranteens
I recently finished a book called "Stranger in the Woods" by Michael Finkel which is a true story recounting the life of complete isolation a man named Christopher Knight lived for over 40 years in Maine. Its pretty interesting reading about how the guy survived and I won't spoil it but its highly unorthodox. The biggest point on how it relates to Covid is that in the 40 years he was completely isolated he never got sick. Not a cold or flu or any other communicable sickness. They asked him how he avoided being ill and he said "No human contact means there's no way for me to get sick."
I'm not arguing for or against shelter in place. I'm just sharing a book that I found very interesting and thought others might enjoy the story. There's a few youtube videos out about Christopher Knight if you want to see what happened without reading the book.
30,000-40,000 Americans die every year on the road. We don't stop driving!
30,000-40,000 Americans die every year from the flu. We don't shut down the economy!
More than 40,000 people have died from CoVID-19 in one month. By shutting down everything we've lowered infections and "flattened the curve," but if we re-open too early we could end up with a second wave. We need enough testing and contact tracing to contain community spread in order to reopen safely.
Here's a paper from Harvard about the testint capacity we need:
https://ethics.harvard.edu/files/center-for-ethics/files/roadmaptopandemicresilience_updated_4.20.20_0.pdf