Posted on 03/25/2020 3:39:12 AM PDT by central_va
AUSTIN, Texas (CBSDFW.COM/CNN) — On Monday, Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick insisted he’s “all in” on lifting social distancing guidelines amid the coronavirus pandemic in order to get the economy back up-and-running — despite the fact that he and other senior citizens remain at high risk of contracting the deadly disease.
Patrick, who said he turns 70 next week, said people like him have to weigh the hazards to their personal health that the virus poses with the challenges to health of the American economy brought on by social distancing guidelines
“No one reached out to me and said, ‘As a senior citizen, are you willing to take a chance on your survival in exchange for keeping the America that all America loves for your children and grandchildren?’ And if that is the exchange, I’m all in,” Patrick told Fox News.
See BS hates all Texas Republicans. Why post its Leftist tripe?
There is no reason for the Texas economy to suffer because too many NYC residents live on a crowded ant pile.
Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick Says He’s ‘All In’ On Risking Health To Lift Social Distancing Guidelines To Boost Economy
Please pull thread because I posted with the wrong title!!!
Then I'm for it!
What B.S.! False choice.
The risk is chance of survival vs economic pain. America will survive.
There is also the risk of economic pain if the virus is spread unchecked vs the economic pain if mitigation measures are employed. There is no avoiding economic pain due to this virus. And it's not clear what actions or non-actions result in the least pain.
It's also a matter of how much stock market damage is done. How much unemployment grows and how quickly employment recovers.
How much Monetary liquidity is provided and whether that is reversed before major inflation occurs.
And how much fiscal spending occurs and whether we get anything for that spending, what interest rates it's financed at, and the burden it becomes to the future.
This is not an existential crisis for America.
Same comment.
THIS will sink Trump, people would rather have a brain dead biden over an Easter order. He better reconsider that or we’re going to have both virus and biden this November.
The problem isn’t so much that seniors run a high risk of contracting COVID-19. It’s that they’re more likely to end up taking up a ventilator or icu bed.
I see you fearpers are out early today.
A big joke.
It’s slowing down in the most infected state New York.
Furthermore how do the idiots who wanted the
Porkulus part 2 think it would have been funded?
By MiniMike and Steyer?
And the social distancing, needless shutting down the economy and ruining everyone's lives, some long term pain here, DOES NOT PREVENT THAT!
Who cares, were is the evidence that this "lockdown" is stopping the infection in the older and those at risk? Would just isolating them and let COVID run its coarse been the same? IT THINK SO.........
We have destroyed our economy over 746 deaths. Incredibly irresponsible.
Yeah, those fake Italian crisis actors are still pretending to die by the 100s per day.
https://youtu.be/-60EvBSLulo?t=700
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