What am I missing?
Let's lay out the facts:
1. The genie is out of the bottle, and you can't put it back in. We can't totally eradicate it without extreme authoritarian measures and international cooperation that will never happen.
2. We can't keep the economy closed for 18 months, that's economic and societal suicide. Everyone knows this.
3. Our hospital capacity will likely be fine based on what we've seen so far as long as we don't allow large gatherings. And even then it's questionable if our hospitals would be overwhelmed.
So... why is everything still shut down? If we're gonna have to open it up later, why not just do it now?
I don't mean we have to be reckless, people should still avoid big gatherings where they can and take precautions like washing their hands or being careful if they're in a vulnerable demographic, but this total shutdown just doesn't make sense anymore. Just open it back up and tell people to use caution. Maybe hold off on concerts and sporting events, but that's it.
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There was a huge opportunity missed at the front of this for the media to actually get the redline KPIs that the government was using to make decisions. Both on the front end to go into shutdown as well as what those would need to be to get out of shutdown. Since nothing was documented publicly on the front end, there’s no basis that is holding anyone’s feet to the fire. It’s all anecdotal, and statistics with no variance vs forecast are meanlingless.
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What about those of us who want to be reckless?Miley_Cyrus said:Why is everything still shut down?
Let's lay out the facts:
1. The genie is out of the bottle, and you can't put it back in. We can't totally eradicate it without extreme authoritarian measures and international cooperation that will never happen.
2. We can't keep the economy closed for 18 months, that's economic and societal suicide. Everyone knows this.
3. Our hospital capacity will likely be fine based on what we've seen so far as long as we don't allow large gatherings. And even then it's questionable if our hospitals would be overwhelmed.
So... why is everything still shut down? If we're gonna have to open it up later, why not just do it now?
I don't mean we have to be reckless, people should still avoid big gatherings where they can and take precautions like washing their hands or being careful if they're in a vulnerable demographic, but this total shutdown just doesn't make sense anymore. Just open it back up and tell people to use caution. Maybe hold off on concerts and sporting events, but that's it. -
Stay home.whatshouldicareabout said:
What about those of us who want to be reckless?Miley_Cyrus said:Why is everything still shut down?
Let's lay out the facts:
1. The genie is out of the bottle, and you can't put it back in. We can't totally eradicate it without extreme authoritarian measures and international cooperation that will never happen.
2. We can't keep the economy closed for 18 months, that's economic and societal suicide. Everyone knows this.
3. Our hospital capacity will likely be fine based on what we've seen so far as long as we don't allow large gatherings. And even then it's questionable if our hospitals would be overwhelmed.
So... why is everything still shut down? If we're gonna have to open it up later, why not just do it now?
I don't mean we have to be reckless, people should still avoid big gatherings where they can and take precautions like washing their hands or being careful if they're in a vulnerable demographic, but this total shutdown just doesn't make sense anymore. Just open it back up and tell people to use caution. Maybe hold off on concerts and sporting events, but that's it. -
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There’s an opportunity to show via numbers that staying home is actually what is reckless, not the opposite.Sledog said:
Stay home.whatshouldicareabout said:
What about those of us who want to be reckless?Miley_Cyrus said:Why is everything still shut down?
Let's lay out the facts:
1. The genie is out of the bottle, and you can't put it back in. We can't totally eradicate it without extreme authoritarian measures and international cooperation that will never happen.
2. We can't keep the economy closed for 18 months, that's economic and societal suicide. Everyone knows this.
3. Our hospital capacity will likely be fine based on what we've seen so far as long as we don't allow large gatherings. And even then it's questionable if our hospitals would be overwhelmed.
So... why is everything still shut down? If we're gonna have to open it up later, why not just do it now?
I don't mean we have to be reckless, people should still avoid big gatherings where they can and take precautions like washing their hands or being careful if they're in a vulnerable demographic, but this total shutdown just doesn't make sense anymore. Just open it back up and tell people to use caution. Maybe hold off on concerts and sporting events, but that's it.
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What if I always washed my hands after taking a shit?
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What if you didn't?!PostGameOrangeSlices said:What if I always washed my hands after taking a shit?
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I even wash my hands after sticking a finger up some chicks assPitchfork51 said:
What if you didn't?!PostGameOrangeSlices said:What if I always washed my hands after taking a shit?
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Always knew you were a flamerPostGameOrangeSlices said:
I even wash my hands after sticking a finger up some chicks assPitchfork51 said:
What if you didn't?!PostGameOrangeSlices said:What if I always washed my hands after taking a shit?
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what part of "chick" do you not understand?Pitchfork51 said:
Always knew you were a flamerPostGameOrangeSlices said:
I even wash my hands after sticking a finger up some chicks assPitchfork51 said:
What if you didn't?!PostGameOrangeSlices said:What if I always washed my hands after taking a shit?
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Clearly the dude part.PostGameOrangeSlices said:
what part of "chick" do you not understand?Pitchfork51 said:
Always knew you were a flamerPostGameOrangeSlices said:
I even wash my hands after sticking a finger up some chicks assPitchfork51 said:
What if you didn't?!PostGameOrangeSlices said:What if I always washed my hands after taking a shit?
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Yep . We can read between the linespawz said:
Clearly the dude part.PostGameOrangeSlices said:
what part of "chick" do you not understand?Pitchfork51 said:
Always knew you were a flamerPostGameOrangeSlices said:
I even wash my hands after sticking a finger up some chicks assPitchfork51 said:
What if you didn't?!PostGameOrangeSlices said:What if I always washed my hands after taking a shit?
My English degree at Oregon State taught me everything -
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Just one?PostGameOrangeSlices said:
I even wash my hands after sticking a finger up some chicks assPitchfork51 said:
What if you didn't?!PostGameOrangeSlices said:What if I always washed my hands after taking a shit?
