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Here's the thing: a common sense approach to this could have avoided 90% of the economic misery. The key would have been to allow everyone 60 and under to cont

Here's the thing: a common sense approach to this could have avoided 90% of the economic misery. The key would have been to allow everyone 60 and under to continue normally unless they have other risk factors. The consequences of a case for most in that age group aren't too bad, less than flu for most. Older folk and those at risk could isolate and take other precautions. No economic shutdown, no 40 million unemployed, no $6 trillion spent, far fewer bankrupt businesses, and vastly fewer long-term consequences. I hope we learn from this, it was an EXPENSIVE lesson. 20/20 hindsight is a wonderful thing.

doorstar 6y ago
I feel like I'm missing something when it still seems like huge number of Covid cases are from nursing homes. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/05/09/us/coronavirus-cases-nursing-homes-us.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/05/09/us/coronaviru... Add in military cases, add in cases that have occurred on cruise ships or other places where people can't leave... What really is the number of cases from 'ordinary' people going on with their 'ordinary' lives? It seems to me that clarification on that point has been missing from the overall discussion.
- Recurecur 6y ago
  "I feel like I'm missing something when it still seems like huge number of Covid cases are from nursing homes." There's been terrible mismanagement of this in nursing homes in a couple of states in particular. That was completely avoidable. In most states, nursing homes have done well. The military and prisons have accounted for some cases, but not all that many. There's been plenty of community spread in some places. Since there's (apparently) no treatment and no vaccine, herd immunity is the only workable outcome. We've flattened the curve, let's continue to take reasonable, easy precautions and ride this thing out.

doorstar 6y ago

I feel like I'm missing something when it still seems like huge number of Covid cases are from nursing homes. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/05/09/us/coronavirus-cases-nursing-homes-us.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/05/09/us/coronaviru... Add in military cases, add in cases that have occurred on cruise ships or other places where people can't leave... What really is the number of cases from 'ordinary' people going on with their 'ordinary' lives? It seems to me that clarification on that point has been missing from the overall discussion.

Recurecur 6y ago
"I feel like I'm missing something when it still seems like huge number of Covid cases are from nursing homes." There's been terrible mismanagement of this in nursing homes in a couple of states in particular. That was completely avoidable. In most states, nursing homes have done well. The military and prisons have accounted for some cases, but not all that many. There's been plenty of community spread in some places. Since there's (apparently) no treatment and no vaccine, herd immunity is the only workable outcome. We've flattened the curve, let's continue to take reasonable, easy precautions and ride this thing out.