3/ was never "let the virus burn out", but was instead "let our hospitals not be overwhelmed by a wave", the actual number of deaths and the actual schedule of opening up seem to be well in tune with that expressed goal.
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4/ On this topic, I've got some folks (friends) suggesting that I'm a covid-maximalist. They think that I'm saying that the virus is ultra deadly and that I want lockdowns to continue forever. I've had others suggest that I'm a minimalist and don't want prudent norms. >
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5/ Really, I'm just a guy who's observing data. I really don't have any opinions about what policy should be. I'm fairly allergic to "policy" in the first place. I'm taking care of my own garden, and I don't presume to take give gardening instructions to others.
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6/ (metaphorically, that is; my homesteading book has lots of literal garden instruction!)
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Replying to @MorlockP
>the goal of the lockdown was never "let the virus burn out", but was instead "let our hospitals not be overwhelmed by a wave" There was no goal of the lockdown. There was no coherent strategy expressed by any authority at the time of the lockdown. +
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... any more than "get out of the house right now" is a coherent strategy for putting out a forest fire. The lockdown were an emergency action to try to stop the spread, which authorities had very reluctantly at that time recognized was a real threat. +
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Finding, explaining, and pursuing a strategy to deal with the disease *long-term* would come later. And it has. There's emerged two clear paths - mitigate, avoid overwhelming hospitals, and develop herd immunity; and suppress, contain, and eradicate.
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To the extent that any authorities have yet chosen one of those to paths, they've chosen eradication. A very few have chosen herd-immunity. To say that we can loosen restrictions now because the hospitals won't be overwhelmed "which was the goal" is advocacy, not reality.
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> To say that we can loosen restrictions now because the hospitals won't be overwhelmed "which was the goal" is advocacy, not reality. no, it's not remotely advocacy, and you're choosing to be an asshole >>>
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>>To say [..] is advocacy >no, it's not remotely advocacy, and you're choosing to be an asshole Sorry, I was unclear. I didn't mean to impute advocacy to you - you made clear that you weren't doing so. I was speaking in general, and reflecting on some specific examples I've seen
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