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Other experts are saying it's time to drop any restrictions and get back to work.Tough to know who's correct
They work mostly in the economic and business community
In some parts of the country, this is a possible outcome, but not even all of Italy is seeing the impact like they are in the Lombardi regionIf I'm in NYC or Seattle I am 100% panicked. If I'm in Utah or Tennessee or maybe Alabama I'm concerned but not overly so.
You are unsure whether or not to listen to Public Health Professionals or select economic and business professionals during a health crisis?
I'm guessing that a virus that's made its way from central China to 195 countries around the world might be able to find its way from New York and Seattle to Tennessee and Utah.I don't think we need or ought to wait until a place reaches 100% panic levels before we take the kind of preventive measures that the experts suggest.And maybe it's a good idea to take preventive measures in Utah and Tennessee before they get to New York and Seattle
Read a few articles that suggested if we were to go to 4-5 week full lockdown right now we could open up business as usual after that period. It would give us time to get emergency hospitals/testing facilities in place and get enough tests ready.Then, after the 5 week lockdown nearly everyone would have access to a test and we could quarantine the infected people and society restarts. Anyone with more knowledge know if this is feasible at all? I know it is working well in South Korea but I have my doubts it would work here on a larger scale.
This is what we should have done like 2 weeks ago.
Would you name some of these other experts that are suggesting drop restrictions and get back to work and life as usual?
This health crisis is also becoming (or could already be considered) an economic crisis. Focusing exclusively on health benefits with no regard at all to economic impacts is not realistic. There needs to be a balance of many priorities. People's lives are the most important for sure, but people's livelihoods need to be considered as well.
So whose lives are you willing to sacrifice in the name of money? Your parents? Grandparents? Aunts? Uncles? Neighbors? Children? Friends? Siblings?Or just other people's parents, grandparents, friends, children, siblings, etc.?Fix the health crisis and the economic crisis goes away. The market will come back. Always has. The profits will come back. Always have. The jobs will come back. Always have.The lives won't come back.
And that is exactly the problem. People don't care enough, and go about their day like this is a problem for NYC and Seattle and not them. You have way too much faith in the average American to make altruistic decisions
I did say people's lives are the top priority, didn't I?
Just saying, we need some economic experts to weigh in here along with the health experts and come to a balanced conclusion
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You said people's lives are important "but ..."Look, I get that a great number of people will suffer economic hardships as a result of this. I'm one of them. But I find appalling the notion that we've endured so much hardship to this point that it's time to talk about stopping the measures that experts say will save lives.
There are some who are worried that if we shut down our economy too long , it will be irreparably damaged.
Maybe if we had a better safety net, "people's livelihoods" wouldn't be as urgent a concern.