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I've basically priced in getting this thing. In the end, I think it's no inevitable that most of us will. I think, short of a vaccine, the only way it's going to go away is if we get it, clear it, and develop immunity.
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Originally Posted by bxlover
You know all this talk about defying shelter in place may make some of you feel a certain kind of way, but do you all know for a fact that you aren't infected ? You may not be displaying infection but may be carrying it. So why would you want to spread it ? It's not only about you.
You know all this talk about defying shelter in place may make some of you feel a certain kind of way, but do you all know for a fact that you aren't infected ? You may not be displaying infection but may be carrying it. So why would you want to spread it ? It's not only about you.
I have been going to get takeout, grocery stores, and merchandise stores and I am not going to stop no matter what that idiot moron DeBozo says. Doesn't mean I am infecting anybody, on top of not having any symptoms I am doing the social distancing thing keep away from everyone, not touching poles and doorknobs, and sanitizing hands regularly
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Strangely I don't remember this type of lock down
It's probably because of how much of an unknown this is, so there's a greater possibility of overreaction. You won't know if you are overreacting or underreacting if you don't know to the extent of its spread or its effects.
Shutdowns seem to me like a blunt force instrument to simply halt things for a bit. You'd rather do some more precision targeting, and that might be possible if there was actually intensive testing early on and a ready supply of tests. South Korea would be an example of a government that didn't shut much down except for very large gatherings and travel restrictions. They also postponed quite a few things like the start of school while they got ready to deal with things--they essentially bought themselves a bit of time and used it to get prepared and slow the rate of transmission until they were prepared. What the South Korean government ended up doing was keeping most things open and doing short postponements for some things, and then rolled out a massive number of checkpoints and tests available, had very clear communication from their federal government on what the dangers and precautions were very early on which they consistently updated, and relied on a large coordinated national healthcare system that was equipped to deal with this quickly.
There was one exception which was the city of Daegu which got hit with a bit more restrictions, but that was due to a secretive church that ended up spreading the disease around quite a bit in the city which actively encouraged its followers to buck the rules and avoid getting tested even when they showed symptoms. I don't read Korean, but I get bits of it from Korean friends who do, and apparently the general sentiment has been people are super pissed about that church.
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I have been going to get takeout, grocery stores, and merchandise stores and I am not going to stop no matter what that idiot moron DeBozo says. Doesn't mean I am infecting anybody, on top of not having any symptoms I am doing the social distancing thing keep away from everyone, not touching poles and doorknobs, and sanitizing hands regularly
What your talking about is what everyone is doing in a daily course of life and is not defying any ordinance proposed.
I've basically priced in getting this thing. In the end, I think it's no inevitable that most of us will. I think, short of a vaccine, the only way it's going to go away is if we get it, clear it, and develop immunity.
I heard this type of logic in the 80s when some men were told to avoid high risk sexual behavior and willfully refused to have safe sex. It's willful, selfish, immature, and stupid. This thing has you scared and you compensate by acting tough.
I've basically priced in getting this thing. In the end, I think it's no inevitable that most of us will. I think, short of a vaccine, the only way it's going to go away is if we get it, clear it, and develop immunity.
There are examples of countries that have bucked that trend and have had their rate of recovery far outpace their rate of transmission pretty rapidly. There isn't a necessity to drive things off the cliff, especially if there's been decent evidence in other countries that there are other ways to manage this, and especially if it's true that it does not transmit as easily once the weather gets warmer.
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