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Freeman 0 points ago +3 / -3

I agree you can’t lockdown a virus, but you can slow its spread and buy scientists more time to develop safe treatments and vaccines. Thats the point of a lockdown: to mitigate the spread so the hospitals aren’t overwhelmed and but scientists more time. That has worked very well in most states. It’s worked too well in some places. My hospital had to furlough a bunch of people. But we probably saved lives by doing so. I think it’s time to save businesses now, but we have to do it in a safe way.

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DontApologize 1 point ago +1 / -0

There is NO EVIDENCE the lockdowns slowed the spread. We have compared countries and states with and without lockdowns - and it did not work. Hong Kong without lockdown and tons of density had 4 deaths. NYC with a lockdown had 20k.

if anything the half-assed lockdowns in NYC made the problem worse. Quarantine could in theory work if you could quickly identify sick people and lock them up entirely.

But forcing everyone to go to the grocery store instead of going out to eat - or making people stay indoor instead of killing the virus with UV light did dick to the virus but fucked up our economy.

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pastaroni 1 point ago +3 / -2

The purpose of the lockdown was not to overflow the hospital. Once again I'm going to say you don't understand the hell that is coming from shutting down the economy. You know how a body works, right? Homeostasis. What happens if you shut down one part of the body. Does it affect other parts of the body? Can it kill the body? What do you think we're doing to our economy. The economy is more than green slips of paper and fun tokens. It is everything. It is our medical system. It is our food. It is everything we need to survive. Wake up!