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Unfortunate you’re getting downvoted. Flattening the curve was about limiting cases so hospitals don’t get overrun. Now they’re trying to eradicate the virus

Unfortunate you’re getting downvoted. Flattening the curve was about limiting cases so hospitals don’t get overrun. Now they’re trying to eradicate the virus which isn’t going to happen unless you lock everyone down for over a a year.

redis_mlc 6y ago
Yup, no evidence we need flattening in the SF Bay Area: https://www.sccgov.org/sites/covid19/Pages/dashboard.aspx#hospital https://www.sccgov.org/sites/covid19/Pages/dashboard.aspx#ho... It's all about Governor Newsom running for President now. Based on the data I've seen, all we need to end the lockdown now is provide and wear a mask, and ground pax airlines until we confirm herd immunity.
kf 6y ago
Yup, it’s ok, I have karma to burn, just checking sentiment and zeitgeist as my house begins to mindfully break lockdown. There was a mediocre acoustic act performing on the waterfront at Jack London square an hour ago; we might do some shows there or throw a rave at Brooklyn Basin. You can’t lock down the healthy in America for a year to protect the weak. Those in fear think this is going to end soon but it isn’t. Instead, people need to decide how to live their lives in our new, fundamentally unsafe pandemic society.
- Tagbert 6y ago
  I’m glad that you are sure that you are immune and that everyone that one you care about is also immune. Enjoy that rave
  - true_religion 6y ago
    Money wise, everyone I know who wasn’t doing too well before the pandemic, is now totally broke. One of my acquaintances, hasn’t paid rent last month, and frequents food banks now. The promised relief checks have yet to arrive too. The job market post pandemic looks like it will be pretty rough, so the longer this goes on without relief the more debt people will incur. I am personally not against continuing the lockdown, even though it’s deeply emotionally draining, but the government needs to consistently provide money for people to live, or else simple desperation is going to become a wide spread problem.
resfirestar 6y ago
>Flattening the curve was about limiting cases so hospitals don’t get overrun I agree that was one of the more widely repeated intentions, but ascribing it to every national and state official is inaccurate. The White House's recommendation for lockdowns was primarily motivated by Imperial College's worst-case death projections[1], not the hospitalization numbers. [1] https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/29/inside-the-white-house-coronavirus-response-153058 https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/29/inside-the-white-ho...

redis_mlc 6y ago

Yup, no evidence we need flattening in the SF Bay Area: https://www.sccgov.org/sites/covid19/Pages/dashboard.aspx#hospital https://www.sccgov.org/sites/covid19/Pages/dashboard.aspx#ho... It's all about Governor Newsom running for President now. Based on the data I've seen, all we need to end the lockdown now is provide and wear a mask, and ground pax airlines until we confirm herd immunity.

kf 6y ago

Yup, it’s ok, I have karma to burn, just checking sentiment and zeitgeist as my house begins to mindfully break lockdown. There was a mediocre acoustic act performing on the waterfront at Jack London square an hour ago; we might do some shows there or throw a rave at Brooklyn Basin. You can’t lock down the healthy in America for a year to protect the weak. Those in fear think this is going to end soon but it isn’t. Instead, people need to decide how to live their lives in our new, fundamentally unsafe pandemic society.

Tagbert 6y ago
I’m glad that you are sure that you are immune and that everyone that one you care about is also immune. Enjoy that rave
- true_religion 6y ago
  Money wise, everyone I know who wasn’t doing too well before the pandemic, is now totally broke. One of my acquaintances, hasn’t paid rent last month, and frequents food banks now. The promised relief checks have yet to arrive too. The job market post pandemic looks like it will be pretty rough, so the longer this goes on without relief the more debt people will incur. I am personally not against continuing the lockdown, even though it’s deeply emotionally draining, but the government needs to consistently provide money for people to live, or else simple desperation is going to become a wide spread problem.

resfirestar 6y ago

>Flattening the curve was about limiting cases so hospitals don’t get overrun I agree that was one of the more widely repeated intentions, but ascribing it to every national and state official is inaccurate. The White House's recommendation for lockdowns was primarily motivated by Imperial College's worst-case death projections[1], not the hospitalization numbers. [1] https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/29/inside-the-white-house-coronavirus-response-153058 https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/29/inside-the-white-ho...