[arthurus]

Sweden's example cannot be followed because it does not offer the control that the shutdowns entail. many of us said after the first rush of bad news about the Chinese virus that it should be allowed to run its course then later when the nature of it was more apparent, that the at-riskers- should be protected as much as possible but that the rest should be treated as if this is another bout of seasonal flu. A virus like this cannot be contained in the modern world that is all linked up. Heck, such things could not be contined in centuries past with less travel because there has for thousands of years ben contact and trade between civilizations. When a benign plague such as this one(in comparison to Bubonic) is met by lockdowns and rigid control it merely lengthens the virus's stay in the population. It does not cut down on lethality, merely spreads it out and causes a lot more ancillary deaths from depression and untreated other diseases like cancer and heart attack. Let it run and the deaths come in one wave and immunity follows. Even the Spanish Flu of a century ago could not have been mitigated with modern prevention methods though the lethality of that one in modern America would have been much less because of modern treatment capabilities.

But that cannot be done when there is so much political profit and opportunity for the powerful to clamp down controls on the population which will be lifted reluctantly if at all.

[SeekAndFind]

RE: many of us said after the first rush of bad news about the Chinese virus that it should be allowed to run its course then later when the nature of it was more apparent, that the at-riskers- should be protected as much as possible but that the rest should be treated as if this is another bout of seasonal flu

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At the start of the pandemic, we can understand the need to lockdown as we did not know the extent of the virus’ lethality and transmissibility. Also, we did not want to overwhelm our hospitals with sick people.

Now, after 7 months, we already know a lot about the virus and what Demographic it is most lethal to. There really is no reason to lockdown totally.

[matt04]

All very good points the very telling aspect is the fact that not one government officials who supports these lockdowns primarily in democrat run states can say with any certainty what metrics or things must be met before the restrictions are Completely lifted. They’ve had months to come up with Definition of when the “crisis” Is over but have yet to give a single firm answer.

Is it a treatment? Is it a vaccine? Is it both? What if there’s never a vaccine that is totally effective? They have yet to answer a single one of those questions