Such a braindead thing to say. It's ~10x worse than the flu. Many innocent people will be dying because nothing is being done. Hospitals are flooded with patients, resources are lacking, and corporations are bleeding.
Correct action could've been taken way earlier in order to mitigate all of these currently hurt areas and escape this miserable situation quicker.
Get locked up, traitor
sweden
been wearing scarves on faces for a decade
Baseless assertions and assumptions.
Corporations are bleeding in the US even more -- because we shut them down.
Most of the dead would have been 75+ years old.
We've literally tanked our economy and ruined another generation's job prospects in order to save a few extra boomers who would have been dead in 5 years anyway.
Wish we took the Swedish approach. Could've even saved big bucks on social security in the bargain.
A year from now when it's clear that there will be no vaccine, Sweden will be ahead of us, and we'll be forced to take their path as well -- but saddled with the additional debt and economic wreckage we accrued from attempting the shutdown approach.
...its' called data and accurate reporting on what's currently happening. The submission is also a reference to the WHO's declaration regarding how damaging the coronavirus is. Facts in other words.
Their population is 10million with a land size of 450 thousand km
This.
No it isn't. It's a big fucking joke is what it is. Hospitals ARE NOT flooded with patients. Go see for yourself.
>A year from now when it's clear that there will be no vaccine, Sweden will be ahead of us, and we'll be forced to take their path as well -- but saddled with the additional debt and economic wreckage we accrued from attempting the shutdown approach.
I highly doubt it. The US and most countries did implement relatively strict measures, but it was way too late. Strict measures implemented in time could've decreased the spread drastically and delayed/flattened the curve, while we at the same time develop better techniques and prescription drugs to mitigate the virus and its effects.
It's not just about shutting down until a vaccine is created, slowing the spread will save lives, avoid strained healthcare facilities and give scientists time to create many various forms of antidotes.
NZ eliminated the virus domestically according to recent reports. That's the result of substantial restrictions (hopefully under a very limited time if done correctly). After that stage, you can open up society under limited circumstances.
Holding everything open and carrying on as usual will likely result in worse economic implications than taking the drastic approach at an early stage.