But its not.
For at least the sake of my post let’s presume we all have substantial amounts of infection in our states.
But we don't.
WTF, bramps.
What if instead of the elderly and weak being the primary one’s who die from this virus, it was children under 15?
What would our actions to stop this look like if the stories every day were about children dying? And families not getting to mourn their loss. We care about life in the womb but don’t seem to place the same priority on life at the other end of the spectrum.
One company, Abbott labs has shipped 566,000 rapid testing machines to all 50 states.
We watched a video yesterday of GM transforming to make ventilators...
...that we don’t need.
GM instead should also be making these machines as well as any capable company. Actually they should have been making them weeks ago and instead of 566,000 go to 50 states, it could be 5,000,000. 10,000,000 by the end of May.
Spend the absurd ‘stimulus money’ on enough machines and the personnel, etc. to run them.
Make enough so that private sports franchises, mall owners, etc. can buy them and make entry requisite on a negative test. Sports could start up tomorrow.
Yesterday’s number of new cases were UP! I have no idea how they were talking with optimism at the press conference. We have been holed up AND numbers are RISING!
I think eventually machines and testing, because of asymptomatic spreaders, are the only answer. And the longer Trump waits to multiply Abbott labs the more danger that Biden and the democrats start pushing this narrative and take more votes in November.
One thing to finish with. I think a lot of arguments here begin because posters live in different states with different levels of infection. For at least the sake of my post let’s presume we all have substantial amounts of infection in our states.
1. Look at the curve. It is flat. The daily minimal increases and decreases are noise. It has plateaued
2. Classic reframe is the issue is disingenuous. What if this were killing kids under 15. It’s not. This is a red herring
3. I will choose to not be tested as a condition if my freedom. That is my right as an American
4. If you can’t see the slippery slope we are 3/4 of the way down with your proposals you meet the definition of Fearper. Subclassificatiion lemming.
So...everyone around you is contagious?
:: What if instead of the elderly and weak being the primary one’s who die from this virus, it was children under 15? ::
Hypothetical and strawman.
Typical fascist propaganda; “Why do you want children to die? You must be a monster!”
Aaaaand, there it is.
Fascists seize power by dehumanizing those that disagree with them and cowing those that question them by threatening dehumanization.
Once you are dehumanized, you live and move according to the fear of death (at the hands of the fascists).
Bramps, stop being a useful idiot.
Fortunately, we already know the answer to that. H1N1 killed a young at a greater rate than older people, “experts” seem to think older people had an immunity to it due to a previous pandemic. We didn’t destroy the economy, we didn’t grovel like bunch of cowards looking only to the government to protect us, we didn’t imprison people who weren’t sick, and we got through it.
But its not.
For at least the sake of my post let’s presume we all have substantial amounts of infection in our states.
But we don't.
WTF, bramps.
The number of cases has been up every day. However, the statistic to look at is how many new cases there are today, as compared to past days. The rate of new cases has actually been dropping since quarantine has been instituted. Another consideration is that the incubation period is from 2 to 14 days, so the falling rate of growth reflects events that occurred up to 2 weeks ago. We should see further drops in the rate of growth as the social distancing measures continue.