My take is California particularly los Angeles is having much better results of social distancing than NYC. Probably due to way lower population density and also the NYC metro being a prime vector. NYC is showing a 1+% CFR and they are doing massive testing numbers so the number of asymptomatic cases are not as high as say Dallas where they have only tested 1600 vs over a 100k. I’m not opposed to the individual states putting up a vote on restrictions its the democratic way to do it. People who want to isolate can and a large number still will. The herd immunity math needs the vast majority to catch the bug so the plan would be forgo the 6 foot and go full on get close and get sick as many as quickly as possible. Then it’s up to each person’s immune system to live or die.HQZ might help but there’s no where near enough for 300 million daily doses if everyone got sick all at once so it would be the old fashioned live or die on your own. Personally I think I’ll wait for a vaccine before I venture to the bar and put back some pints with a few hundred people. I already go to the store but in a full face double seal mask and P100 filters that will stop the bug for hours on end. I’m also trained by the Army in chemical & Bio warfare I was in the unit at Anniston Army Depot nicknamed the chemheads so I can decontamination property once I get to my decon station at home. Gloves, suit,booties, hood, double seal mask I have the training to work indefinitely in a challenged environment as long as my supply if PPE holds up. All materials brought from the hotzone are decon with 1500ppm chlorine then aged in isolation for a week in a dedicated freezer before a second 1500ppm and entry into the greenzone. Most people lack these skills so they will be exposed eventually anyways. The whole point of social distancing is to buy time for a vaccine to be created , tested and approved.
Thanks for your thoughts. You have quite a background!
Except they won't be on their own.
They will be flooding the hospitals and crashing the healthcare system.
How is THAT going to work out for us?
Sorry, but there is no way that I would consent to being vaccinated for this bug. Especially if Bill Gates is involved.
This virus is the last thing on my mind. What I worry about is the economy and the country falling into another Great Depression.