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Your comment is typical of the wishful thinking that is going on right now. You didn't mention the virus once. The inescapable calculus is that the more people

Your comment is typical of the wishful thinking that is going on right now. You didn't mention the virus once. The inescapable calculus is that the more people go back to normal, improving the economy, the more likely it is for the virus to spread and the more likely people will withdraw from normal activity due to fear or official action. The virus hasn't been defeated. It was only suppressed because of a harsh lockdown, and it's still circulating and will still kill people. There may be a delay before cases ramp back up or it may stay suppressed until the fall or winter, but the situation has not fundamentally changed.

dcolkitt 6y ago
Most states have ended lockdown down. Some for more than a month. Covid deaths in the US are still declining. The difference between now and March is that we have a much better understanding about the nature of super-spreading events.[1] We know that a very high amount of spreading comes from a disproportionately small amount of activities. Like choir practice, unventilated subways, and nursing homes. The upshot is that any future lockdown will be much more tailored and have a much smaller impact than the full-scale shutdown we saw in April. [1] https://www.businessinsider.com/super-spreader-events-account-for-most-coronavirus-transmission-2020-6?r=US&IR=T https://www.businessinsider.com/super-spreader-events-accoun...