re: This is Birx and Fauci’s escape hatch

if you listen to Trump, Birx, Fauchi, and Pence their message is pretty clear.
Add Journalists that try to question with "gotcha" moments and things begin to appear less clear. These Journalists are at a peak in their careers trying to make a buck and are privileged to be in that room. They could write more constructively.
We see lists of cases and deaths. Do we hear about cases recovered? Perspective is vital.

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This works the exact same way for all you deniers. None of you will ever admit that the guidelines helped and you will cry nothing burger for the rest of your life.

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Of course encouraging people to stay at home reduces the spread. That's not the point. The point is it worth it? Is saving a few thousand lives worth millions losing their jobs? Is saving a few thousand lives worth several million losing their retirement? No, it is not.

One person I know lost so much during the 2008-2009 collapse that he had to work another 10 years to make it up. What do you think the effect of a 30% decline in the market will cause?

People are already bitching that boomers are not retiring and keeping a lot of good jobs. Those same people are also some of the loudest screamers about shutting down business now to protect against an overblown virus. What will the result be? It will cause many older people whose retirements are based on the market to keep working. The idiots crying about how deadly this virus is are unable to see past the one variable. They are refusing to even consider the cost of the overreaction.

All the dumb people whining about how people aren't willingly destroying their livelihoods because of a stupid virus will be the loudest complainers when they finally have to face the consequences of their cries.

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Social distancing is not a quarantine,

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True. But common sense interpretation by individual people of why social distancing is being urged, would connect that dot with the next dot, which would be “I can self quarantine” according to mitigation guidelines now out there - and without being forced to by local, state or federal decree. I can voluntarily stay home, for my own good, and for the good of my neighbors, friends and loved ones.

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Not if you lose your home, which is the point.

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I believe that regs are in place to prevent evictions and foreclosures during this crisis. Plus big lenders are advertising their willingness to be very flexible. People are not losing their homes. So your point is...?

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I believe that regs are in place

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Oh, well as long as we have "regs" then we can just regulate the economic damage away, and it's completely sensible to ignore the economic aspect of this problem. My bad.