[Pearls Before Swine]

But Professor Levitt’s point is that that hasn’t actually happened anywhere, even in countries that have been relatively lax in their responses.

That sounds reasonable and reassuring. But then, why did the Chinese react so strongly in Wuhan?

[Phillyred]

Fine with me

[Baldwin77]

It’s not the infection rate we should worry about, it’s the death rate. If infection is 100%, and no one dies - who cares?

[tinyowl]

"Covid-19 Expert"

Oh come on!

[_longranger81]

We’re not going to get through this until this goes through us.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

LIBERATE WISCONSIN!

[shanover]

The narrative now is to inflate the curve again since we were itching to “flat”. What a total scam and deadly on so many levels.

[Tallguy]

Meanwhile the lockdown indefinitely lobby is floating the idea that there’s no guarantee of immunity if you’ve had the virus once. Anything to scare the prolls into maintaining the lockdown.

[struggle]

With some of these antibody test numbers, it probably already has.

[neverevergiveup]

I agree with this. Infections may slow down over the summer, but ultimately this will percolate through the populace until the majority of people have been infected. I also think we are doing a better job treating patients who get severe cases.

[trebb]

Pretty much what my daughter RN) told me a few weeks ago - if you’re gonna get, it, you’re gonna get it.

[newfreep]

“CCP Virus” projected upon Chinese consulate in Los Angeles.

[AustinBill]

Viruses are forces of nature and have no respect for human wishes, political leanings, etc. In this case we were dealing with a novel pathogen of unknown virulence and lethality. There was also very legitimate concern about an early surge overwhelming hospitals to the point that it would collapse the healthcare system, leading to more deaths.

We've learned a lot in the last six months. The virus is clearly a lot less lethal than originally feared and the most severe affects are extremely skewed to the elderly and those with significant other health issues. These people need to be kept isolated. The rest of the world needs to get back to some sense of normalcy so that we can build up the herd immunity that is the only way this really ends.

Moreover, we now have effective treatments that can reduce severe outcomes even further, which is why treatments like early administration of HCQ+Zinc+Azythromycin at initial diagnosis are now becoming standard in places like France and other countries that are not fixated on expensive new drugs and far-off vaccines, and are also increasingly being used prophylactically by healthcare professionals and those who most at risk.

Complicating this is local officials and administrators who are reveling in their new-found dictatorial powers and the political motivations of those who only view this through the lens of what can yield an electoral advantage come November. That needs to be dealt with separately, and no doubt it will be. But it's really up to We the People to start pushing hard against the local jailers.