Turning “flattening the curve” into a nation-wide lock-down with no definite end in sight nor clearly expressed goals for opening back up went a long way in creating the all-in (anything to beat the ‘rona)/all-out (this is nuts) mentality. It had other unforseen consequences that we are now living through.
Quarantining the healthy, productive, and law-abiding comes across less like deliberate, considerate, and measured action in controlling the spread of the virus and more like an over-reaction to the pandemic or thinly-disguised tool for controlling the movements of the population.
Where did I say anything about what you just wrote?
And, as an aside, this bullshit about quarantine only being for “sick” people is a construct made up in the last few months. Historically, a quarantine meant a complete shut down. A shut down of your home, your village, your ship...etc. if you were there, you got shut down. It wasn’t just for sick people. It was everyone.
I am not advocating any action other than keeping an eye on ICU beds. When those are occupied, and rising—only an idiot would put themselves in a position to be exposed. I don’t need a governor to tell me that. I’ve repeatedly written that I don’t care what the rest of the world does.
Three extraordinarily well-crafted sentences that neatly encapsulates the entire farce of the last five months. Even at the beginning it was clear that, coming when this “pan/plandemic” did, as we were rounding third base, heading toward home, and all else had failed in bringing Trump down, that THIS handy tool for social disintegration would magically present itself. Then, on top of that, as the coup de grace, the George Floyd/MLK murder offered another excuse to further destroy the country while creating yet another rickety narrative that it’s Trump and NOT the DNC that’s flushed all the crazies out of the woodwork.The DNC, as it’s been pointed out, is now the political wing of BLM, which is now basically controlling the entire country with its reign of terror and extortion. George Soros doesn’t have to fund them now-—Pepsi, Nike and Apple do. We’re through the looking glass, people! as Jim Garrison said, way back when.