Reopening too quickly would be playing with lives

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

By Tom Burke / Herald columnist

I can’t wait to go bowling! Wrong! What I’m really jonesing for is ink. Sure. At my age it’s finally time for a tattoo?

Uhhh … a trip to pet store; not likely, Amazon’s been delivering our puppy chow for forever.

So how is “opening up” the economy gonna help me get it back to “normal”? Let’s look, after strongly acknowledging we’ve gotta help the economy recover, especially main street businesses. But let’s also stipulate what that means in very stark terms.

What it means: Even more people will die; that’s what it means.

On May 5, Donald Trump told us (for the six millionth time) we need to “open” our country saying, “we have to get our country opened and we have to get it open soon.” Then, acknowledging more people will die as a direct result of abandoning stay-at-home orders, he said, “The people of our country are warriors. I’m not saying anything is perfect. Yes, will some people be affected? Yes. Will some people be affected badly? Yes.” (By badly affected he means dead, as in D-effing-EAD.)

How many more dead? A lot.

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[OhZone]

1. Also know as murder.

[c-rational]

2. What should be shouted from the rooftops is an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

My grandmother use to say this all the time (born in 1887). She and both my parents lived through the 19118 pandemic. They never spoke of it. I do not understand why wearing masks is not mandatory for all Americans. As I posted yesterday, true freedom is borne of discipline. The magats lack of critical thinking skills should not be allowed to rob others of their health, or life.