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Originally Posted by bcredliner
There are a couple of countries that have relaxed some of the restrictions and have seen cases start to rise again. WHO has a list of six requirements that must be in place to open any portion of a country. We have not achieved one of them anywhere. Trump is going to push and intimidate the experts to open as much of the country as he can. If the cases start to increase it will be the fault of the experts, World Heath Org., Governors or Mayors. We are fortunate that state officials are in charge of when anything opens as they were the closings.
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I agree with you on the states rights and governors/mayors being in charge as being a good thing. The idea in some countries (Sweden comes to mind) is to keep deaths as low as possible by quarantining the vulnerable while still keeping the economy going and perhaps building some herd immunity. People are going to die, right now the US is forecasting roughly the same number of deaths from the Wuhan Virus as the yearly flu ~65,000. We don't shut down the country, or even bat an eye, over the seasonal flu.
https://covid19.healthdata.org/united-states-of-america
I wouldn't trust the WHO any further than I could throw them. They are in bed with China and inept (I seem to recall them recommending we not wear masks originally). And unfortunately, or fortunately, depending on which way your political dong dangles, Trump is going to be our next POTUS. I have zero belief the Bernie supporters will actually vote for Biden. I was going to vote for ANYONE the Democrats ran... except Biden. Have a feeling I am not a lone in that sentiment. He can barely string sentences together at times. I feel for him, he should be with family enjoying the rest of his life. Not a puppet for the DNC.
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Originally Posted by Clavurion
Most likely 95% or more of the population will get this infection before vaccination or herd immunity... We can't shut down the world forever.
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Agree on all points you made but shortened the quote.
For some reason a portion of the population thinks any talk of getting people back to work is choosing money over lives. That's not seeing the forest from the trees. It's like saying, "people are dying because they are able to drive cars... So we should ban driving until we can make a car that you can not die in." People die every day and it certainly isn't something trivial, but we can not protect 100% of people, 100% of the time.
I like your ink OB. I don't know if it will come to identifying immune people in order to get them back to work. But I wouldn't want to be the officer who tries to tell you not to work.
