Yeah, we couldn’t have super old unproductive people with numerous preexisting conditions who were about to die anyway get the Chinese Virus and die, now could we? If we fail to stay hunkered down, if we aren’t careful, this thing might get nearly as bad as the regular flu gets every year. It’s the same way; it kills mainly people who were old, weak, and about to die anyway. That’s why you never hear much about flu deaths - they are generally people who weren’t expected to live much longer before they ever got the flu. Not trying to be callous, just in command of the cold facts.
TL;DR: He's saying that so long as the pandemic continues, America must be in effectively an induced coma and that Americans must accept the "sober truth" that they must suffer for as long as they have to in order to defeat the pandemic.
Problem is...is the cure worse than the disease, if not creating a self-fulfilling prophecy?
How rich are these people getting off the crash?
False choice.
It is possible to continue our economy and also to protect the elderly from this virus.
Yeah, we couldn’t have super old unproductive people with numerous preexisting conditions who were about to die anyway get the Chinese Virus and die, now could we? If we fail to stay hunkered down, if we aren’t careful, this thing might get nearly as bad as the regular flu gets every year. It’s the same way; it kills mainly people who were old, weak, and about to die anyway. That’s why you never hear much about flu deaths - they are generally people who weren’t expected to live much longer before they ever got the flu. Not trying to be callous, just in command of the cold facts.
TL;DR: He's saying that so long as the pandemic continues, America must be in effectively an induced coma and that Americans must accept the "sober truth" that they must suffer for as long as they have to in order to defeat the pandemic.
Problem is...is the cure worse than the disease, if not creating a self-fulfilling prophecy?
I disagree. It's not worth throwing away the economy to save a few boomers whom were going to get killed by the flu anyway.
Sorry, but it just isn't worth it.
The panic does not match the threat level.
If all doctors had MBAs,we wouldn't be in this quarantine mess.
Blah blah blah
This entire response has been cowardly and unamerican. Fuck these weak fucking losers. They're dead weight and we need to move on without them.
Fuck him