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forthemiddle

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3. Of course there will be more cases!

Reply to captain queeg (Original post)

Mon May 4, 2020, 08:15 AM

May 2020

People seem to forget that the reason for the shutdown was not to stop the virus, it was to SLOW the spread. This was done to not overwhelm the hospital system, and to give them time to maximize supplies.

I don’t know if the reopening is too soon, or not, but I do know that we will find out soon enough. We can not shutdown until a vaccine is in place, so no matter when we do open up, more people will become infected. The question is can the hospitals handle the new cases.

The vast majority of our hospitals are running on low census, and furloughing workers, lets hope they have stored enough supplies to handle what may come.

Changing the goalposts away from the original purpose (not overwhelming the health system) doesn’t help our case.

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I really hope I am wrong. I'll get no satisfaction from a new spike [View all] captain queeg May 2020 OP

a spike is a given once the states open up but agingdem May 2020 #1

Without massive testing and tracing, plus masking, "getting back to our Squinch May 2020 #2

ok so we have massive testing and tracing.. agingdem May 2020 #5

Are you saying testing and tracing are futile? Squinch May 2020 #9

yes I am... agingdem May 2020 #15

What? Read up on it. It worked dramatically well in South Korea. Go on, look it up. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz May 2020 #18

I can't even. Squinch May 2020 #19

slow it down? agingdem May 2020 #22

you remember the AIDs epidemic? agingdem May 2020 #23

If you're virus positive then you should be isolated by government. If virus negative yes, go about uponit7771 May 2020 #14

How do I "get back to my life" when my sister would die if she gets the disease? lark May 2020 #12

Exactly. That is why I'm saying the idea of "getting back to our lives" is not responsible. Squinch May 2020 #13

+1, #YourFamilyFirst Tell MAGA Suckers you put your family out there first and you stay at home and uponit7771 May 2020 #17

do you think about the healthcare workers who are overwhelmed NJCher May 2020 #7

yes I think about them agingdem May 2020 #10

What about the health care workers and their families? The more sick there are the more danger uponit7771 May 2020 #20

Dying isn't much of a living... Drahthaardogs May 2020 #21

Of course there will be more cases! forthemiddle May 2020 #3

Hospitals in NE FL are NOT laying off employees. lark May 2020 #16

If all red state governors were reporting true numbers of NoMoreRepugs May 2020 #4

No tests no spike (jaded commentary on the Trumpian governors) JT45242 May 2020 #6

Indiana starts a gradual reopening today forthemiddle May 2020 #24

No hurple May 2020 #8

I doesn't look like we've gotten rid of our old spikes. We haven't suppressed the infection rate uponit7771 May 2020 #11

Yep - the downside of the "curve" has not been near as precipitous as expected Cosmocat May 2020 #25