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Originally Posted by JL8Jeff
And the gov says to expect to stay home until June or July.  There's no basis for that right now. We've been home for 30 days already and if it's still spreading now, it will be spreading after 45 days, 60 days, 90 days. You can't stop it without a vaccine (which is 12-18 months away) so why destroy the economy any more than we've already done. The test results are delayed 14 days (which is worthless) so what looks like a peak now happened 2 weeks ago. Plus, if we can expand the herd immunity now, the next round in the fall won't be as bad. By keeping people shut in it will just make the next round more severe. And the data is so tainted at this point you can't draw any decent conclusions from it. People will go crazy if they're stuck in the house for another 45 days and that might cause more damage than the virus. |
The basis for staying home and social distancing until June of July is the lack of PPE, ventilators, hospital beds and staff. No one is denying that the test results are delayed and it is just another symptom of being unprepared. NY is adding presumptive positive deaths to their death total because the testing system is completely overwhelmed and people are dead before their test results are back.
I think people have already gone crazy based on the number of people being caught intentionally spitting, coughing and saying they have the virus to grocery workers and police officers. I've already had one friend with mental health issues reach out to me. When the weather gets into the 90's we are going to see an increase in suicides and homicides like never before. If you’re thinking about suicide, are worried about a friend or loved one, or would like emotional support call 1-800-273-8255.