We’re at somewhere near 20,600 deaths right now from COVID-19.
If you could guarantee nothing worse than a mild fever, you would have a point.
You can’t so you don’t.
Give me liberty or kill my grandparents.
RE: Give me liberty or give me a mild fever
What about the tens of thousands who die?
Great title. The Founding Fathers would approve.
The H1N1 was harder on younger people than the elderly. They think older people had an immunity, possibly from the 1968 pandemic. Since younger people are healthier and stronger, and the Wuhan Virus seems to be hardest on the infirm, that could be an explanation for the death count disparity.
I am not picking a side but this has divided Free Republic. We can’t be divided but the left has found a way to kill the country and divide our side.
A dialog that never happened:
Jefferson: “... it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.”
Madison: But if we revolt against the Crown, people will die!
Washington: I’m willing to risk my life for liberty!
Adams: Fine for you to say, but you’re putting other people’s lives at risk! Shame on you!
Franklin: The man has a point...
All: God save the King!
Take a looks at the Spanish Flu pandemic in 1918. Many claims then that it was ‘just the flu, nothing to worry about.” Just like democrat politicians encouraged people to celebrate chinese new years in China Town, politicians in Philly encouraged people to attend the parade to sell war bonds. About four days later, a few days people were in the hospitals. A few more days and thousands were sick and hundreds were dying.
FWIW, there were at least three waves of flu in 1918. The first was very similar to our experience today with the coronavirus. Very mild. It came back a few weeks later as a real killer. From 1918 to 1920, at least 650,000 Americans died (pop. 105M). Hundreds of millions died world wide.
Way to early to declare victory.