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> Why are you conflating "aggressively addressed this problem" with a strict lockdown? The hypothetical was "Imagine if we had addressed the problem in March?"

• maxerickson 6y ago
  Yes, but it's a failure of imagination to assume that a strict lockdown is the only measure that would be part of aggressively addressing the problem.
  • war1025 6y ago
    You are putting words in my mouth. I was responding to an accusation that we didn't act strictly enough back in March. I agree we know much more about the virus now and should be tailoring our mitigation efforts accordingly. I would say that in general we are failing on that front however.
    • maxerickson 6y ago
      I have not put words in your mouth, I've questioned your interpretation of the comment you replied to. You stick to that interpretation here, because they didn't say anything about 'strictly enough', they said we didn't aggressively address the situation, and we didn't. The 'lockdown' such as it was, was a significant measure, but it apparently was also in many minds all we needed to do.
• sequoia 6y ago
  > We did in fact lock the country down for several months. No we didn't. What state or city could you not travel to? Where were you confined to your house and forbidden from going outdoors? We closed schools, some businesses & public attractions like beaches in some places (not that there weren't still huge crowds on beaches in many places), but we did not "lock the country down." Everyone was basically free to go outside, socialize, and travel wherever they pleased.