It's looking like there will be fewer deaths from COVID-19 than the flu which topped 60,000 in recent years. So what will history say about our rush to shut down and YES, I'll say it again, "destroy" our economy?
Yes, we should have called for social distancing and YES we should have shut down any gathering of hundreds and thousands of persons but you can't buy paint and garden supplies in Michigan because of COVID-19? What kind of scientific evidence suggested that? You can't attend church services in your car?
You can take your boat out on the water if you live on the water with a boat tied up behind your mansion but you can't use a public ramp where social distancing could be used correctly? That's what is happening in Miami right now.
Yes, I think history will show that way more than half of the measures we took were unnecessary and it will take years if ever for us to improve the economy to 2019 standards.
We are being told that even when we start up the economy, we will have to wear masks and every single person entering any building in New York will have their temperature taken before they can enter. And how long will that last? And why couldn't we have had the foresight to do that first instead of closing the whole damn country?
History will not be kind to our leaders I think.
Originally Posted by HedonistForever
The response will be that if the Country had not taken draconian measure, hundreds of thousands would die.
I think what we will find in the end is yes, CV-19 is very contagious, easily transmitted from person to person.
What we will also find out is the actual mortality rate is no where near what was predicted.
As for a vaccine, a doctor on Fox made a good point this morning. We still have no vaccine for the common cold, whic in most cases is also caused by a virus in the Corona family.
I think Granny on the Beverly Hillbillies had it right with her elixir cure for the common cold. Old Banker Drysdale was going to make millions with it. Her cure.......take the elixir, go home, drink plenty of liquids, get plenty of rest, and in about 8 days you are cured.
With the CV-19, the exact regiment might work just the same way for the vast majority of people.....minus the elixir.