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This. I don't understand how the whole point of flattening the curve was already forgotten. The whole point of the lockdown is not to act as a magic wand to ma
by rumanator 7y ago
This. I don't understand how the whole point of flattening the curve was already forgotten.
The whole point of the lockdown is not to act as a magic wand to make the pandemic vanish. The whole point is that, as it stands, emergency services are already operating beyond capacity. This means that your friends and loved ones risk needlessly dying for no reason just because they weren't able to have medical treatment, including from non-covid19 issues.
- gremlinsinc 7y agoAlso, if you're high risk (I may be - obesity) this is a scary disease, and honestly the longer you wait to get infected the better your chances. More local medical doctors will have experience treating it, there will be more studies on drugs, more help available etc. Your chances go up astronomically on a long enough time scale. So why rush it? I have the luxury of being a freelancer working from home, so this is mostly my normal, but I know it hurts a lot of people, but so does being dead - or having lung issues for life or neurological ones. Some broadway actor lost his leg over the weekend because of this. TLDR; It definitely helps w/ hospitals so they can still function it also gives time to find and create better treatments.