Why Severe Social Distancing Might Actually Result In More Coronavirus Deaths

The Federalist ^ | April 3, 2020 | Anominous

[Buckeye McFrog]

If you are correct then Trump should be plowing all of our resources into expanding drug therapies. Not producing 40,000 ventilators to keep Andrew Cuomo’s trap shut.

[Kaslin]

My husband and I are both senior citizens, he will be 83 this month, and I will turn 79 in August. He used to drink a lot when he was younger and there was not a evening when he didn't go to the bars and get drunk. I told him many times that I have nothing against it if he wants to drink beer at home, but he didn't want to hear about it. Anyway he doesn't drink anymore and doesn't go to bars anymore either, all he does sit in his chair and watches TV shows that he could have watched years ago.

I am handicapped and have trouble walking and can only walk with a cane, and this very slowly. I have a degenerative disc disease, and a degenerative Hip joint disease. Our son used to take me every 2 weeks to the Commissary at Fort Campbell, Ky to shop for groceries, but now because of virus and because he doesn't have a Military ID, he can not go into the store. (his drivers license is not enough). So he goes to our Walmart Superstore which is less than 2 miles from our house, but he doesn't let me go with him. At the commissary I used to take a small cart that I was able to push and put in what I needed and he used a big cart and filled it up

[lastchance]

I believe that unless an effort is made to at least build pockets of herd immunity now the death toll among the young and healthy will be much higher when the virus reemerges.

[Varda]

They’ve already applied for “the next step”, expedited human trials from the FDA. I would hope the FDA gives much quicker approval than a few months.

[Kaslin]

Boy are you right. I tried to do a search and am normally ver good at it, but I couldn’t find anything.

[McBuff]

The problem is we won't know who's right until it's over.

Really? I think not. We will NEVER know because the same two groups will continue to argue. If deaths are far less, the panic group will say, "see, our response measures worked." The other group will say, "over-reaction." Nothing will be resolved. The real problem is that we have allowed the "experts" and their leftist progressives to have free reign to now leverage the fear of death for political gain. This happened right under our noses. . .and, sadly, this genie ain't going back into the bottle. Stay tuned for the next panic. . and the one after that!

[lastchance]

I have fuzz brain but I do get what you mean. We want the virus to have as few people to infect. There are just two ways to accomplish that. 1. So many people die that there are too few left for it to spread. 2. Develop immunity, either through a vaccine or catching it and recovering.

One way to think about it is to consider how a lot parents dealt with outbreaks of chicken pox before a vaccine was available. It was thought better to let a child catch the virus and recover gaining immunity rather than risk them getting it at as and teen or adult when the disease has more serious complications.

[Buckeye McFrog]

Yup. This is really all about the bureaucracy playing CYA and constructing excuses for itself no matter how this turns out.

By rights there out to be investigators ripping through the CDC and rolling heads. They’ve discovered an immune response for THAT, just not for this virus.

[CaptainK]

The deaths were down by 81. 1049 the day before and 968 yesterday.

[hcmama]

I think some people like cosplaying Walking Dead Season 3.

[JesusIsLord]

... We are now also learning that it is not a matter of if but when many of us will get coronavirus....

So, everyone on earth will contract the coronavirus?!? This type of opinion inspired hyperbole - expressed as fact is not helpful.

[dfwgator]

“Everyone Has AIDS!”

[bramps]

I posted the 968 from yesterday. I was asking where the poster got 900.

[DoodleBob]

I disagree.

True, some men, you just can't reach: some people STILL debate whether WWII was justified, if dropping The Bomb was wise, and many people think Prohibition is a great idea still.

I agree, the authority bias has been ridiculous. But the truth comes out and most people will accept it, even if MSNBC still has 15% of the viewing public.

[nomorelurker]

“So, everyone on earth will contract the coronavirus? This type of opinion inspired hyperbole - expressed as fact is not helpful. “

The post you replied to says “many” not “everyone”, this type of hyperbole is not helpful.

[bray]

Corona tracker has it at 915 last 24 hours.

[CaptainK]

I think the poster was rounding off figures.

[bramps]

I think the poster was rounding off figures.
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968 rounds to 900?

[Kaslin]

The author does not say that everyone will get the virus.

Can't you read? Many does not mean every one. *rme*

[hal ogen]

To compare the USA with Ecuador is specious. They have a different (and very poor) culture with minimal standards of public or personal hygiene. Their medical system is woefully inadequate...except for the very wealthy. The leftists here want to make us like them so they have obfuscated reality, panicking many here. Yes, this somewhat serious...especially for the elderly vulnerable with co-morbid conditions. No, it isn’t that we are all going to die if we don’t give in to the leftist “transformation” of our society into a leftist cesspool. Crush all leftists! They are socioipathic malignancies.