re: The real purpose of a lock down

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Is there some belief in the medical community now that if you lock down “well enough” that the virus will simply disappear? Because I don’t see any possible way to avoid the case numbers increasing when coming out of a lock down no matter how many times you do it or how stringently. The message seems to be “do it better this time.”

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You can, but it has to be a full on everyone stays inside for two whole weeks or they eat hot lead, and then after that a few people who have zero symptoms and have tested negative then come out and slowly test everyone else, making sure that everyone who is positive stays inside.

There is no feasible way of doing that.

And as I've said from jump street, the yellow route was the correct route to take.

Maybe we as Americans will act more responsibly this time and get it over with

Get cases down so politicians will quit freaking out and locking shite down and when lockdowns end , act with a little common sense and be inconvenienced until there are better treatments or a vaccine , therefore saving people’s jobs

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However, you left out living a healthy lifestyle. So when get infected you can fight it off and very likely have a good outcome.

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Is that you Joe Rogan?

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Americans lack the capability of taking personal responsibility. There are plenty of resources at your disposal if you want to prevent yourself from getting sick.

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Living in Malaysia I have been able to compare the US and how another country handled this pandemic. Malaysia was no earlier than the US closing down but the general population was much better about following government guidelines. Malaysia ranks in the top 5 countries of the world how successfully they have been able to combat this virus. The result is although there are still some limitations (bars, theatres still closed) the country is practically back to normal. Just this week there were two days without any new COVID cases.