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The Hardest Thing About This Lockdown May Be Admitting to Ourselves That It Accomplished Absolutely Nothing
RedState ^ | May 23, 2020 | Michael Thau

Posted on 05/23/2020 1:12:54 PM PDT by Michal T

This lockdown was senseless in every conceivable way. It was totally unnecessary, wouldn't have helped had it been, and completely unworkable regardless. Time to end it now and make sure nothing like this ever happens again.


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To: firebrand

Obviously, no one can say exactly what would have happened with certainty. I can agree with what you posted for the most part. But it seems pretty obvious that in many areas, we went way beyond what was required to protect our HCS. After watching Italy burn, no one was ready to watch that happen here, except maybe Cuomo and de Blasio. In much of the country, we crushed the curve, but have failed to make any course corrections to keep our small business economy healthy.

And you never saw me criticize Birx or Fauci, or call them names. Nor am I big on conspiracy theories. The virus is real, it’s nasty, it’s not the flu, it’s killing and hurting a lot of people and it’s not just going to disappear. We have to find some balance in managing it, and course corrections will be required along the way. We are at that point. Major changes have more risk, smaller changes less. No changes is worse.


81 posted on 05/23/2020 4:00:40 PM PDT by ETCM
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To: semaj

From the
Pit of Hell!


82 posted on 05/23/2020 4:31:18 PM PDT by Big Red Badger (He Hath Not Given Us A Spirit Of Fear)
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To: Michal T

Won’t happen. We have spent 20 trillion plus on the “War on Poverty” since 1965 and poverty rates have stayed the same. When questioned about the outrageous spending, Democrats say, “Just think how bad it would have been without the spending!”


83 posted on 05/23/2020 4:37:55 PM PDT by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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To: Michal T

It showed that the democrat party is evil. That they will destroy the economy, your free expression, 2nd amendment and any other freedoms.


84 posted on 05/23/2020 4:52:38 PM PDT by minnesota_bound (homeless guy. He just has more money....He the master will plant more cotton for the democrat party)
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To: Lizavetta
I think the "it's for your safety" statements should be more of a how to do it thing. Each time those governors come on TV they should be a center of advise for new innovative ways to fight the virus through safe practices. For me it is like reading the latest Consumer Reports information that said washing your raw chicken "leaves a trail of bacteria around the kitchen." That bacteria may remain in the sink even after cleaning it and end up in a salad. So, should a government agency require a caution on the label not to rinse the chicken before cooking? No. However, it would help if the advise and how to do it safely were put out in those cooking shows so that the best practice becomes common knowledge. The same with coronavirus safe practices from those we have elected as our leaders.

Instead, the governors are spokesmen for a forbidden world. In it there is no innovation--only do-nots. There is no discussion of any innovative ways to do the things in our normal way of life that minimizes infection from the virus. For them, it's only a grotesque exercise of unmitigated power. If the citizen creates a method, there is no recognition. Instead it's citizen finding their place in the news as a law breaker. These demonic governors have no place for the governed whose power comes from them. I might add, whose innovation must come from the governed.

85 posted on 05/23/2020 4:55:12 PM PDT by jonrick46 (Cultural Marxism is the cult of the Left waiting for the Mothership.)
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To: Michal T

Two things:

1. Bringing the China threat to the front burner.

2. Self-deportation and turning back of asylum seekers


86 posted on 05/23/2020 5:13:26 PM PDT by PhiloBedo (You gotta roll with the punches, and get with what's real.)
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To: 21twelve

Here is another study that examines they type of fabrics and their effectiveness. The methods of the study are quite sophisticated:

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsnano.0c03252

The results give similar positive verification of safety for the different fabrics used depending on their thread-count and electrostatic efficiency.


87 posted on 05/23/2020 5:46:50 PM PDT by jonrick46 (Cultural Marxism is the cult of the Left waiting for the Mothership.)
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To: ETCM

I’m not sure it went WAY beyond. Our numbers of new cases are going down, and the picture varies in the rest of the country, so I think we did MORE than save the health care system, and that’s good.

From what I’ve seen of the reaction from the people, though, I have lost a lot of respect for conservatives in the past few weeks. I chalk some of that up to everyone living in a different part of the country. But there is also some resistance to the recommendations that has resulted in outbreaks, and a lot of heartless remarks.

I think people are just sick and tired of the recommendations and want their old lives back, to the point where they are not thinking compassionately anymore—or are deluding themselves so they can get what they want, without even realizing it.


88 posted on 05/23/2020 6:23:23 PM PDT by firebrand
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To: Michal T

Seriously? Hard to admit? Most of us knew it was a hoax from the get-go.


89 posted on 05/23/2020 6:28:51 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam (Nothing happens to a Christian that God does not allow to happen.)
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To: Texas resident

“WE
HAVE
BEEN
HAD”

Right. Most of us realized that from the beginning. Then bells went off to confirm it was crap when Fauci, who decreed all distancing to continue even among families, said it was OK for pervs to hook up online and have casual sex if they understood the risk.


90 posted on 05/23/2020 6:32:37 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam (Nothing happens to a Christian that God does not allow to happen.)
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To: Steve_Seattle

“Is there any evidence that grocery store employees have contracted the corona virus in larger numbers than the general population”

I’ve heard, just anecdotally, that the grocery store clerks, floor workers, etc., have NOT had problems. I don’t know what the official data shows, though.


91 posted on 05/23/2020 6:36:55 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam (Nothing happens to a Christian that God does not allow to happen.)
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To: kagnew

“that the medical field is bracing for the next wave of Covid-19”

“Wolf!” We’re not buying it any more.


92 posted on 05/23/2020 6:38:24 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam (Nothing happens to a Christian that God does not allow to happen.)
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To: RoosterRedux

“Do you know anyone who caught this virus? It was very real.”

I don’t. I do know that in 2014 my husband and I were so sick with pneumonia (caught in church, I suspect) that we were OK with dying. If it weren’t for having to care for our pets forcing us out of bed a few times a day, the Pearly Gates might’ve been in our future.

People get sick. Every year. People die from being sick. Every year.


93 posted on 05/23/2020 6:41:42 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam (Nothing happens to a Christian that God does not allow to happen.)
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To: Michal T

Truth bomb!


94 posted on 05/24/2020 5:47:14 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight neiyour way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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