Life is risk...if you look at everything through the lens of a “guarantee” you’ll never do anything. When people in power “order” us to live a certain way because they believe absolute guarantees are needed then the only result can be tyranny. I don’t think Fauci realizes the magnitude of what he’s saying...maybe he doesn’t like sports but for millions of working class folks it’s what gives them an escape from daily stresses.
How many pro-sport athletes have even been sick? ...die? They should be tested before a game and get back to competing - at least we’ll have something to watch while we live in this house-arrest.
...every day the cases & deaths come down, which is every day now, it gets more absurd.
Besides, the pro-athletes are going to be faced with their paychecks stopping. Do they really think the leagues are going to continue to pay them? Do they realize yet that they’re all going to have to take a pay cut? When this reality hits them I doubt a single one would object to resuming games.
When this all started, we had no idea of lethality, how virulent it was, who would fair worse, how long incubation was, etc. - now we do....as well as the fact that people will continue to distance and be cautious for a while. We succeeded in flattening-the-curve. We know the old and unhealthy need to be extra careful and probably shouldn’t go to a ball game. While there will be deaths, as there always is, I think it’s time to start getting everyone else through herd immunity. At some point it saves lives - but I doubt that is in their model, it only seems to model contractions and their mortality rates.
I still agree with easing into it - Wuhan cremated people 24/7 for weeks for a reason and NYC is not a hoax. I do believe the lock-down has had a massive effect, we shouldn’t underestimate the threat...and before anyone points to Sweden, contrary to popular belief, they did NOT DO NOTHING and their deaths per 1M people is much higher than ours. There’s still LOTS of variables we don’t know but one cannot justify the status quo at this point.
Granted. But, if the goal is guaranteed safety, the “easing-in” phase will never end. We’ll all be the jackasses chasing the carrot at the end of the stick