I'm watching the "just let the virus do it's thing and keep the economy humming" school of thought grow on the right. And it seems worth noting something crucial.
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General Turgidson was talking about the deaths of 20 million Americans in a nuclear war, but the comment is nonetheless apt. Millions of Americans could die in this pandemic. Btw, now is a good time to watch “Dr.Strangelove.”pic.twitter.com/xi8DEC02Xm
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If they remove the order now half of the people will continue to follow it because they understand what's happening. The other half will put themselves at risk. The economy will not recover.
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Massive death tolls also destroy economies and they do it permanently. Trump, as usual, only thinks about how to get through the next 10 minutes.
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They also seem to be missing the fact that the people most likely to not survive are the demographic most likely to vote for them. I don’t like thinking about it that way, but it’s true.
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The people who railed against phony “Death Panels” now want to kill off a million plus people so their IRAs improve.
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No, it's because there are treatment options available now. Have you looked into
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Wouldn't it be true that a super hard-core, virtually no exceptions lockdown for a month would pretty much stop transmission? Better than a half-assed, let's some of us party on the beach lockdown for 3 or 4 or 5 months?
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Maybe not long enough, because you can shed for between 8-37 days post recovery. We need mass testing for
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Exactly. People dying by the thousands on a daily basis in hospital hallways and makeshift stadium clinics are not going to bring the economy roaring back. The loss of thousands of healthcare worked is not going to bring the economy back.
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And it’s not like survivors will skip to their lou once back at work. This will be morbid and crush people’s wills to work.
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