It’s tough to convince people to inflict very real and permanent pain to ward off the possibility that something could happen. If you’re a healthy young person you’ll more than likely be fine if you catch it. It’s tough to convince that person that it’s for the best if they lose their job, income, way of feeding their family and giving them shelter, etc over this. Even the government help they get might help them for a couple months, but their job is permanently gone and the prospects of getting another one are slim to none. That’s an extremely tough thing to convince them that it’s for the best.
It’s tough to convince people to inflict very real and permanent pain to ward off the possibility that something could happen. If you’re a healthy young person you’ll more than likely be fine if you catch it. It’s tough to convince that person that it’s for the best if they lose their job, income, way of feeding their family and giving them shelter, etc over this. Even the government help they get might help them for a couple months, but their job is permanently gone and the prospects of getting another one are slim to none. That’s an extremely tough thing to convince them that it’s for the best.
At the same time though most people don't want to kill their parents or grandparents. If we have the political will to take appropriate actions there is no reason for their job to be permanently gone. We can get through this together, our odds of doing so successfully depend on taking decisive action and minimizing the amount of time it takes us to do so.
I want my paint!
Do you really want possibly asymptomatic people out in the workforce? Without proper testing how will we know?I totally agree. I’ve been taking all sorts of precautions with my parents, one has diabetes and the other has asthma and their age of course. I make sure they stay home and I do all of their grocery shopping for them. When I get the groceries I don’t even go in their house just in case, I leave it outside their door and they get them when I’ve left.
We need to isolate the elderly and those with preexisting conditions and then do testing for anybody that comes into contact with them. For the rest of us though allow us to go back to work and get this economy started back up again. People will get sick and people will probably die, but people will get sick and die if there aren’t any jobs to support them having a house to live in too.
It would be better to build a bridge out of them. Trump finally unveils his infrastructure plan.I'm getting to the point with people like these that I am about ready to say fuck it and open up and let millions of them die. Stack the dead bodies in the streets like wood.
Do you really want possibly asymptomatic people out in the workforce? Without proper testing how will we know?
May be, but the consequences for doing it wrong could be devastating.I've heard a 15 minute test was finalized this past week.
How long before we have the capacity to run 150 million of these tests every week?
Somewhat doubtful we'll ever achieve that.
Making employment and "normalcy" contingent on testing seems like one hell of a stretch of a dysfunctional nation.
Shit happens. Like it or not, the virus is here, it is highly contagious, and killing people. Sometimes life comes down to making the best of bad choices. The only other alternative is accepting a death toll of at least several times what we are going to see now. (currently 40,000+ and counting). Is that what you are proposing we should do?Employers were forcibly shut down. Employees fired. Income eliminated. Rent / mortgage missed. Homelessness, among other tragedies. The consequences grow by the week.
For the stores that remain open, Michigan ordered specially what they can or cannot sell.
Or life saving medication, food, or a roof over their heads. Stripped away by government shutdown of their jobs.
Belittling people suffering from economic devastation is going to enrage them.
This is a false choice though, for example airlines are not closed and face no restrictions whatsoever yet air traffic is down like 90%. It is fear of the virus that is destroying their business.I totally agree. I’ve been taking all sorts of precautions with my parents, one has diabetes and the other has asthma and their age of course. I make sure they stay home and I do all of their grocery shopping for them. When I get the groceries I don’t even go in their house just in case, I leave it outside their door and they get them when I’ve left.
We need to isolate the elderly and those with preexisting conditions and then do testing for anybody that comes into contact with them. For the rest of us though allow us to go back to work and get this economy started back up again. People will get sick and people will probably die, but people will get sick and die if there aren’t any jobs to support them having a house to live in too.
hazmat suits for everyoneShit happens. Like it or not, the virus is here, it is highly contagious, and killing people. Sometimes life comes down to making the best of bad choices. The only other alternative is accepting a death toll of at least several times what we are going to see now. (currently 40,000+ and counting). Is that what you are proposing we should do?
If you have a third, better alternative, feel free to post it and forward it to the CDC.
So many crisis actors.
I'm working for CrisactCo; it's a union shop, so pay is well above the national average for the industry.
I've heard FakeCrisis Inc. pays even more, but less benefits, not to mention they are Chinese owned.
How about we get widespread testing? People who test negative go back to work with the provision they get tested regularly. As someone said, being asymptomatic is a bomb waiting to go off. If you still want to goto work if you or anyone who lives with you catches COVID refuse treatment.I totally agree. I’ve been taking all sorts of precautions with my parents, one has diabetes and the other has asthma and their age of course. I make sure they stay home and I do all of their grocery shopping for them. When I get the groceries I don’t even go in their house just in case, I leave it outside their door and they get them when I’ve left.
We need to isolate the elderly and those with preexisting conditions and then do testing for anybody that comes into contact with them. For the rest of us though allow us to go back to work and get this economy started back up again. People will get sick and people will probably die, but people will get sick and die if there aren’t any jobs to support them having a house to live in too.
All it really takes is more money and swabs. According to many authorities, there are labs sitting idle. (This is how the admin gets away with saying there are plenty of tests). Seems our wonderful private based health insurance system is not doing freebees so here we sit.How about we get widespread testing? People who test negative go back to work with the provision they get tested regularly. As someone said, being asymptomatic is a bomb waiting to go off. If you still want to goto work if you or anyone who lives with you catches COVID refuse treatment.
All it really takes is more money and swabs. According to many authorities, there are labs sitting idle. (This is how the admin gets away with saying there are plenty of tests). Seems our wonderful private based health insurance system is not doing freebees so here we sit.