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> While the number of deaths was small compared to the overall population of NYC, the fact that morgues were so overwhelmed that refrigerated trucks were requir

> While the number of deaths was small compared to the overall population of NYC, the fact that morgues were so overwhelmed that refrigerated trucks were required to hold the excess corpses told me that this was a dangerous disease and needed to be taken seriously. And that's the problem. You still have March / April info in your head and it's stuck there. You're scared of living in the present because your brain living in the past.

nobody9999 6y ago
>You're scared of living in the present because your brain living in the past. Huh? Because I don't want to see that again, I'm living in the past? Should I ignore previous experience as unimportant? I'd point out that because NYC took strong action back then, we are now mostly open. And I'm glad we are. I don't think we should lock back down. Rather I think it's important to do the myriad other things (social distancing, mask wearing, basic hygiene, widespread testing/tracing, etc.) that will keep the number of cases at a relatively low level (cf. https://www1.nyc.gov/site/doh/covid/covid-19-data.page https://www1.nyc.gov/site/doh/covid/covid-19-data.page ) to avoid such unwanted draconian measures. Ignoring the risk posed by not doing the things that will limit the spread just increases the likelihood that the virus will be uncontrolled and make "lockdowns" more and not less likely. I remember what happened in March-May precisely because I want to avoid further lockdowns, not because I support them.