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Pretty sure the point there, and in all similar stories, was that they're reopening DESPITE cases going up, not that cases are going up because they're reopening.

I know that's a difficult distinction to make.

I understand perfectly, but that wasn't the thrust of the stories I was seeing here. They were clearly trying to tie the uptick in cases to the reopening. And the fact that cases were going up DESPITE the lockdown order being in effect shows the futility of the lockdown strategy. It is and always has been a strategy with no logical end game or chance of success. It is a given that we will have more "cases" as a result of opening up. So what? It is time to accept that this virus will be with us for a while and carry on.

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Posted by Microtiger

Ithaca, New York

Member since Nov 2010

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Posted on 5/12/20 at 7:48 am to SloaneRanger

[quote]And the fact that cases were going up DESPITE the lockdown order being in effect shows the futility of the lockdown strategy. It is and always has been a strategy with no logical end game or chance of success.[/quote

I mean, the point was always to slow them down, not stop them. That's what flattening the curve meant. I agree a lot of places (most places) took that way overboard and acted like the shutdown was supposed to eradicate the virus completely. It's time to open up and I'm glad opening up is happening (here in upstate New York that starts Friday).

We'll never know how much worse it would or wouldn't have been if we took no action at all. But we'll learn a lot from what happens now after things start to open up again.

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