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Doctors on front line of worst-hit city in world say it’s time to end shutdown
- zepto 7y agoIs there any way around this paywall?
- Green_man 7y agohttps://outline.com/HZUPdc https://outline.com/HZUPdc
- mabbo 7y agoIt's one thing to say that NYC should re-open- they're past their peak. They've gotten through the worst of it. I read one study that said as much as 20% of New Yorker's had antibodies now. But the rest of America (and Canada) are not yet at the peak yet. The number of deaths per day is still climbing. To re-open now is to kill thousands.
- votepaunchy 7y agoNYC's 20% infection rate of 20% was reported on April 23rd. There is no reason to think the virus is more deadly outside of NYC. To lockdown until a possible vaccine is to kill additional thousands beyond those who will die from COVID-19.
- happytoexplain 7y ago>There is no reason to think the virus is more deadly outside of NYC What do you mean by this?
- thrill 7y agoI don't think it's "inordinate fear" of the virus that's making people so cautious - it's resultant fear from observing the incredible incompetence of national leaders and the vast majority of community leaders. The few people who stand out positively are those who have acknowledged that every situation is different, that solutions need to localized, have described the situation, shown their homework, and made decisions and announcements of when things will be revisited based on what data and competent advice they have actually made an effort to gather.
- gmuslera 7y agoSo let's say that so far you stood apart, are or not at risk population (age, previous conditions, whatever) or just live with someone in that group. Now the shutdown gets over, you have to go to work or else get fired, and odds that you meet someone with the disease will be still high (the 20% in the Bronx is an indicator). I don't see how this could backfire.