The curve has been flattened at enormous expense. Most expect COVID will eventually go through the entire population and take many more elderly with comorbidities. It cannot be stopped without a vaccine — or a series of them since the virus will likely mutate. An initial vaccine won’t be available until the end of this year at the earliest. Many governors, however, are reluctant to relax their shutdowns and predict a second wave, keeping fear levels high.
Everyone cooperated to flatten the curve, which didn’t take long. People understood the logic and it got done. Reasons to continue the shutdown now are not logical. More than a few medical professionals have been censored by YouTube, Facebook and other social media outlets for declaring that it’s past time to fully reopen the economy. Many people are openly rebelling against continuing restrictions; many more quietly ignore them.
stormmy8 way to prove Tom's point. Your hatred of Trump is paralyzing your world view. The first reaction everyone should have is 'We are independent Americans', not toadys. We don't like being told what to do. That used to be universal. Now, strong, independent Americans are mostly conservatives. One just needs to look at the differences between Republican governors and Dem governors and how they are handling the crisis. Dems=nanny state.
Way to spew BS and parrot the idiot in chief. You ignorantly generalize regional affiliations like it’s fact and label leftist like it is an affliction rather than point of view. I am hoping that at least this pandemic may somehow unite humans as we attempt to survive the best we can.
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stormmy8 way to prove Tom's point. Your hatred of Trump is paralyzing your world view. The first reaction everyone should have is 'We are independent Americans', not toadys. We don't like being told what to do. That used to be universal. Now, strong, independent Americans are mostly conservatives. One just needs to look at the differences between Republican governors and Dem governors and how they are handling the crisis. Dems=nanny state.
Way to spew BS and parrot the idiot in chief. You ignorantly generalize regional affiliations like it’s fact and label leftist like it is an affliction rather than point of view. I am hoping that at least this pandemic may somehow unite humans as we attempt to survive the best we can.
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