Wait, how long are we supposed to stay in lockdown?

New York Post ^ | 4/26/2020 | Karol Markowicz

[Zenyatta]

What are we waiting for? The question can be posed in either a wild, irresponsible way — or a sane, measured way. In New York, our “pause” will continue until at least May 15, and New Yorkers are asking, in a measured, sane way: What exactly are we waiting for?

[dfwgator]

Watch the movie “Warsaw 44” to see what they had to do to get out of it.

How many people are prepared to walk through sewers like they did?

[PapaBear3625]

Note the caption: “Due to delays in reporting,
recent data are incomplete”.

Don’t pay attention to the latest few days, reports are still coming in. I’ve been watching that report for the last couple of weeks, the latest days get adjusted up.

[cuban leaf]

That’s kinda my point.

One of the most powerful scenes I ever saw in any WWII movie was in The Pianist when a group of Jews were being rousted from sleep in a small holding area and asked to form a line in the street. As one young couple is standing there the woman asks a german in charge how long they expected them to be there. Without skipping a beat, He pulled out his service revolver and shot her in the head.

Modern americans (me included) really have no clue just how bad it can be. Most of us are not psychologically prepared.

[PapaBear3625]

We’re looking at 20% GDP smash, and it doesn’t matter what state or federal government has to say about this. People are not going to expose themselves to infection had anywhere near the rate of normalcy. Having a state release lockdown might get 30 or 40% of people resuming normal activity. The rest will not risk their parents or grandparents by doing that and GDP will continue to contract.

The people who will take the risk of reporting to work will be disproportionately male. Expect feminists to scream if women have trouble finding work a month from now.

That's the reason for the lockdown. Women know that the men will return to work, and many women will be afraid to.

[Owen]

Doesn’t really matter. Males can infect their parents as readily as females.

[TarasBulbous]

Bullseye.

[Hepsabeth]

They should follow the President’s recommendations:

https://www.whitehouse.gov/openingamerica/

[TBP]

However long it takes to crash the economy, make everyone dependent, and end resistance to the left’s control.

People will die? Oh, well. Not their problem.

[The Great RJ]

The corrupt media whipped up panic and promoted hysteria all to discredit Trump. The resulting lockdowns gave good media time to politicians like Cuomo to be hyped as leaders. However, the lockdown mania brought out the raging totalitarians inside every liberal ....particularly Governors who became drunk on their powers to shut down businesses, churches, public gatherings, free travel and even the basic right to assembly. They relish their power and want to make themselves as heroes for saving their states from the big bad virus and would continue to use every crisis real or contrived to continue these powers regardless of the economic destruction to their states. Consider that some governors have succeeded in stopping people from driving cars, influenced what they eat, have set up a mechanism for state or even federally controlled classrooms, banned people from accessing second homes and regulated speech through social shaming. States are quickly becoming economic basket cases with now a huge dependence on government handouts. The virus crisis has been milked to create the ideal liberal socialist state

However, people are seeing what is transpiring and are beginning to rebel. Look for more protests at state capitals and a huge backlash in the November elections.

[Jane Long]

They (these lock down experts....in DC, and on FR) won’t ever answer that question.

It’s because they want the goalposts to be “fluid” ... so they can get their prized Vote by Mail, by November.

[Lou L]

We’re looking at 20% GDP smash, and it doesn’t matter what state or federal government has to say about this. People are not going to expose themselves to infection had anywhere near the rate of normalcy. Having a state release lockdown might get 30 or 40% of people resuming normal activity. The rest will not risk their parents or grandparents by doing that and GDP will continue to contract.

Yet, people unknowingly expose themselves to viruses and pathogens all the time.

The first waves of people out and about will be the pioneers. I plan to be among them. The "Chicken Littles" of the world can stay in their basements and hide, but sooner or later, they'll see the pioneers are moving about without dropping dead, and the Chicken Littles will join us.

[truthkeeper]

Good summary. Btw, lots of resistance emerging in California.

[firebrand]

Did you miss the part about the virus remaining in the air for hours?

[Forward the Light Brigade]

When people march and demonstrate—AND DO NOT DIE, Once the Fear is gone—They can’t keep up the Lock down. The Boy who cried wolf is brought to mind. Do things outdoors. Beer Gardens, outdoor dining, etc...

[firebrand]

It wasn’t just the “strength of our system.” And the fact that for the most part we followed the recommendations.

It was also because Fauci and Birx and FEMA were correct. The Task Force as correct. As much as you may not like these people for other reasons, and as much as some of them may have ulterior motives as well as wanting to be right about this, they were right.

Be proud of your country for a change instead of finding fault with everyone and having to always be the smartest person in the room.

[Toespi]

My insane ranting liberal neighbor, just this morning added a new twist.i (She came to my house wanting my husband to kill a copperhead on her patio, which I wish would have bitten the nut). First to end the lockdown, “there must be a vaccine”, then she went full commie. “We live in one world now, and when we get a new President that respects the global community and will work with CHINA, “WHO ARE THE LEADERS OF THIS WORLD IN MEDICINE, TECHNOLOGY AND VIRULENT STRAINS then we can put this behind us.” “ NOW TRUMP HAS INFURIATED CHINA AND THEY ARENT SELLING US MASKS ANYMORE”.

Well, I have pretty much had it with this skank, have endured her crazy crap for too long. So I said, “good, China can keep their filthy masks, shouldn’t have been our source in the first place, so F—k China.” Any country who eats f——— bats is uncivilized and has no place on this planet. They brought this pandemic to our world and I won’t be happy until Trump blows them off the face of this earth”

Then the old liberal excuse “well, it doesn’t matter what happened, it’s how we go forward from here and China can help solve this problem”.

[dragnet2]

Trump pivots hard now full steam or he’s done.

Trump done, #12,014.

[gogeo]

Bait-and-switch.

Shut down because of 2-2.2 million deaths. Now...not so much.

"Flatten the curve." Now...mentally challenged Napoleon wannabes decide when it's 'safe.'

[gibsonguy]

It’s his base that have lost their jobs.

[dragnet2]

Trump is done, #12,015.