bripat9643
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- Apr 1, 2011
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We can't wait 6 months. We can't even wait 2 more months. The economy is on its last legs right now.And they can remain on lockdown. The rest of us should be able to go out and give the economy a boost. Set up testing at nursing homes to test those going in (workers). Vaccines are not 100% effective. When would you reopen?Nursing homes are everywhere dude. Unhealthy people are everywhere. Old people are everywhere.No. NYC happens when you infect nursing homes at a rapid rate. They are an outlier. Didnât happen anywhere else in the country. And still 98% of those who died are those who either old and or very unhealthy. We can protect them and open the country. They were wrong in terms of how many hospital beds and ventilators they would need. Need to follow Swedenâs model.NY was what happens when the virus takes hold before mitigation.NY was an anomaly. Again odds of you dying if youâre under 59 are very slim.That doesnât seem likely. Did you see what happened in New York? Do you want that everywhere?No, we are not. The policy is wrong and will cost more lives than if no policy had been put in place.The point is, that this isnât over. Itâs actually a long way from being over. We arenât shutting down the country because of the people that HAVE died. We are doing it to protect the people that WILL die. We are fighting to prevent 0.02% from becoming 0.1% or 1%.Congrats, you have passed 4th grade math!0.02% of the entire country today has died as a result of COVID. Thatâs out of everyone, not just the infected.
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Swedenâs Coronavirus Strategy Will Soon Be the Worldâs
Herd immunity is the only realistic optionâthe question is how to get there safely.www.foreignaffairs.com
The more you open up the country, the harder it is to protect them. Old, unhealthy, nursing home patients cannot exist in isolation. They are almost by definition reliant on others for activities of daily life.
Id reopen when we can identify, trace and isolate cases, like you do with any outbreak.
Itâll happen. It wonât be that long.