My fear is the success of the lock-down misleads people to think it was all unnecessary and we should recklessly just go back to 100% normal activities.
You can see the exponential growth that was happening before the lock-down - then it went immediately flat because we all stayed home.
NYC was not a hoax. Wuhan was not a hoax. You only need to see the measures the CCP continues to take to know how fearful they are of it.
I’m all for getting back to work and opening businesses - WITH CAUTION: masks, distancing, making sure you wash hands excessively, etc.. Otherwise all this pain could easily go to waste and it blows back up in our faces.
I’d prefer a study about transmission rates between people being in crowded areas outside vs. inside. I believe this is one aspect we really got wrong. People out in the sun, at parks, fresh air, might have a very low transmission risk....vs clubs, bars, restaurants, etc. In the 1917 pandemic, it’s my understanding that this was supposed to be a “lesson learned” - people seemed to recover better outside. Sunlight? Humidity? I don’t know but we should pay closer attention to this.
“You can see the exponential growth”
I don’t think you understand the phrase “exponential growth”. Just because you have 10 then 100 doesn’t mean that is exponential growth. Those You need to see 100 turn 1000 and then 10,000 to 100,000 to a million. We didn’t see that.
As to you claiming the silly measures taken prevented that growth, answer why other viruses such as the flu and common cold continued their growth during the same time.
You can see the exponential growth that was happening before the lock-down - then it went immediately flat because we all stayed home.
Maybe I’ve been looking in the wrong places. I have not seen that. Can you point me to that?