Not to mention that everybody is going to get this. It is a question as to when,not if.
It is better to get it over with.
I’m holding out for a better treatment/vaccine. Got high blood pressure, type A blood, vitamin D deficiency, 67 yo,brother who is a transplant patient and a sister who a two year survivor of cancer.
Not everyone is going to get this. Herd immunity should be around 60-70% of the population. We can reach herd immunity either through that many people getting infected (which would mean many, many more deaths than we already have had) or we can skip to herd immunity with a vaccine. President Trump says we’re very close and there are multiple vaccine candidates in phase 3 or going into phase 3 trials right now.
Schools should open not because we want people to get this (we don’t, and we should be taking simple steps to reduce the spread and protect the vulnerable), but because the damage done to kids who don’t receive a good education is too high and the economic damage of parents having to scramble for daycare for kids not in school is also too high. We should absolutely open our schools AND do our best to isolate the sick and slow the spread until a vaccine becomes available. That approach saves many lives without tanking the economy or hurting kids.
It is a question as to when,not if.
Which is what these lock downs were supposed to be about.
Somehow, the goal drifted until it was: no body should get COVID-19.
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