BARF!! A complete overreaction. I blocked this turd on Facebook.
There is a poster here who mentioned something quite astute in a number of threads. Apparently their grandparents went through the 1918 Flu epidemic. And, of course, they went through the Great Depression. The poster said that these people just never talked about the 1918 flu epidemic. It came. It went. Life went on. But the Great Depression — that was big. That was life changing. They had stories about the Great Depression!
I am in the camp of people who believe our “cure” is worse than the disease. If we had done nothing — if 2 million Americans died — and if we kept businesses afloat as best we could — I think this would have been less destructive. But we wanted Safety and not Freedom. So we’ve trashed our economy and done very serious damage to the nation. How many people feel Safe today? And I’m not talking about the virus.
I think we would have been better off with 2 million dead. And, yes, I would feel that way if my family were in the ICU today. It’s not about me. It’s about the country. And I think we may have killed the country.
No, shutting down the country is a complete overreaction. The economic risks are not insignificant, even if still less than 50%.