Even if the death rate is confirmed at 1%, my wife and my mother have significant health issues that would significantly increase their risk.
I wouldn't want to roll a 99 sided dice on their lives ending in the next few months, that has nothing to do with me being "softheaded" or in love with being manipulated or a sheeple or any of that stupid shit.
It seems the desire to jump right back in the viral pool is purely political and is split down party lines due to party messaging.
I think that's pretty lame.
If some European countries are handling this outbreak much better than us, I don't care about their leaders "agendas", I want to know why ours isn't as successful and what we can learn from them.
The live production industry (concerts/festivals/events) was the first hit and will be the last to recover. It's the only work I know, only career I have ever had. I want this nonsense over as much as anyone, more than most, but not before its safer for my family or others. And it needs to be cureable or vaccinated for... not just "worked around" or live shows and sporting events simply won't be able to recover before the risk is much less than it is now.
Just venting. I hate this virus, I hate the 2 parties, I hate this administration, but I love my country, love my fellow Americans, even all the stupid ones, except 9er fans, and I love my Ram-Fam. Take care of yourselves!
Common sense should apply in all things.
That is what I was posting about.
Individual risk was not ever questioned.
But individual risk has very little to do with shutting down the economy.
One would be a fool to not take precautions, esp if someone is at risk.
But, that is nothing different really?
Is it?
If someone is compromised medically they should be taking a lot of these risks during flu/pneumonia season anyway.
To not do so would be foolish.
My mother has COPD.
She takes most of these precautions during flu season already.
I think she already had this late last year. Spent a day and a half on a ventilator and recovered.
As for live events if it is proven out to be a very low death rate things should progress as normal.
Buyer beware.
If you are susceptible to illness or respiratory disease, stay home or take precautions.
The idea that everything stops forever for this is diluted in my opinion.
No government is really prepared for something like this because it can come from different places at different times. We (the US) have not had to deal with widespread disease for decades. It used to be a fact of life up into the 1950s. So governments and organizations are always relatively unprepared. This magnifies with size and distance. I don’t think the response has perfect by any means but it wasn’t terrible.
The most vile response to me has been the fear mongering press, as always, foaming at the mouth for dead bodies.
Impacts can vary region to region as well of course.
Where I live hospital beds reached 50% capacity at the peak with more cases of regular ol pneumonia than Covid.
Other places, obviously, it’s much worse.
It’s always a fallacy to apply individual cases to a general issue.
