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re: Some people don't want to accept the data that shows the Covid impact hasn't been too bad
Posted on 4/17/20 at 9:31 am to Tigeralum2008
Posted on 4/17/20 at 9:31 am to Tigeralum2008
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We criticize the Chinese because they refused to acknowledge this was a serious threat allowing millions to interact and possibly spread the disease. Consequently Wuhan, a city bigger than NYC saw thousands perish
we criticize China for lying about the virus, not their response in Wuhan (unless that response involves lying, which it does)
the problem is your argument presumes China didn't take this threat seriously when they did and tried to cover it up rather than admit their issues and receive a "black eye" of sorts. 95% of worldwide cases could have been stopped had China been honest about this
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Yet, we now somehow believe America should have never shutdown because of the cost to our economy.
particular areas should have been shut down. not the entire nation or entire states
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Posted on 4/17/20 at 9:35 am to SlowFlowPro
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particular areas should have been shut down. not the entire nation or entire states
This. The blanket approach to slam everything closed, to include parks and beaches, is fricking asinine.
I don't blame the governors and mayors though. I blame the hyperventilating doomcasters, to include the ones in this very thread, that screamed bloody murder for the government to "do something!!!" and the media that egged them on making it seem like bumfrick Iowa was going to have the same amount of dead as NYC.
Posted on 4/17/20 at 9:40 am to SlowFlowPro
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particular areas should have been shut down. not the entire nation or entire states
See for me, I think that would not have been effective. Americans are highly mobile and all it takes is just a few sick patients to leak into an area that was generally unaffected.
I would have been supportive of federal and state mandates to quarentine specific sets of people with medical conditions. I would have also been OK with governors telling their businesses to take additional precautions and providing tax relief to help cover some of the extra cost.
Providing labor protections (work from home mandates) for those that prove their sensitivity, and also locking down hospitals and nursing homes.
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