Flightmare wrote: ↑Tue Apr 21, 2020 11:02 pm My personal opinion is that shutting down private businesses was a mistake. Certain businesses are able to function, while following CDC guidelines. Why can't other businesses do the same?
The underlying problem, IMHO, is that there have not be consistent guidelines for what does or does not help to spread the virus. Initially we were told that masks did not work. Suddenly, wearing masks is mandatory, at least in some areas. Our Governor is hot on restarting NASCAR but perhaps MLB has actually a lower level of physical distancing requirements in the course of game than the pit crews do? Is 6 feet the correct number? Is there any science behind that or simply someone's SWAG? They are talking about the gate to an open economy being more widespread test and then the CDC shows up with contaminated tests. We are told that a vaccine will be necessary for full operation of our country and that everyone is going to be forced to take it and carry some sort of proof that we've had it. Then comes word that there will be a 2nd wave of even more virilent Covid 19 this Fall. If there multiple strains of the virus (maybe even already), will the efficacy of the vaccine be better than the one that they use for the flu?
Maybe it is just me being too jaded but this looks like a country wide lab experiment. I'm not discounting at all the seriousness of the symptoms for those who experience the worst of them. But even the prediction of who those people are seems seriously flawed and that is driving a lot of the lock down paranoia.