Trying to think if we are doing things the right way.
If our goal with all of the shutting down and isolating is to protect the most vulnerable of our population (60+ with preexisting conditions), would it be more effective and efficient to limit isolations to just the vulnerable and those who interact with the vulnerable? (Doctors, nursing home workers, etc...) Is a complete shutdown actually necessary if those most vulnerable isolate and the rest of the world continues on as usual?
If the most vulnerable and those working with them are isolated and have no chance of contracting coronavirus doesn’t that accomplish the same goal without all of the economic hardship?
Is there a bigger reason for all of this that I’m missing?
Steven Crowder did a good segment on this recently... Basically said that isolated at-risk people would take longer since we'd have to wait for the virus to infect everyone and go away rather than just starving it. So you'd have to lock up old and diabetic people for 6 months or something.
As I understand the theory, the goal is to slow the spread enough so that medical facilities will not get overwhelmed. The elderly still have to eat, have contact with others. If fewer of those people are infected, the better. It also buys time for the development of a vaccine. It's a group effort.
Yes, the elderly still have to eat and have contact, but if the contact comes from those who are also isolating then they should be ok.
And I do agree with not overwhelming the hospitals. I'm thinking after this 2 week "break" the risk of that happening will have dropped significantly. Hopefully.
Thanks!
It can certainly seem like that at times. Especially when there are other diseases that are more deadly and with higher numbers.
I'm not a conspiracy theorist but I think if anything is likely it's that China did this knowing the impact it would have, but I also wonder (if they did "plan" this) if they thought about blow back because now countries are going to be pulling supply chains, trading, etc... from China so this won't happen again. It'll likely throw China into an economic disaster if all of these companies and countries leave. (And they should leave.)