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17. If the hospitals get overrun, they will do another lockdown. They would have no choice.

Thu Jun 17, 2021, 12:45 PM

Jun 2021

The government and CDC doesn't really care if 100,000 people die, but in a situation where the hospitals get full, they would have to take action. Whether it's a Covid variant or another pandemic in the future. The restrictionss are dependent on how contagious the virus is and the mortality rate. They predict how many people might die without mitigations. The only reason they did the restrictions with Covid was because it was projected that millions of Americans would die. The lockdown and masks prevented that from happening.

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PBS: Coronavirus Delta variant 'may hit us pretty hard' this fall. [View all] BlueWavePsych Jun 2021 OP

MSM Needs To Loudly Communicate This Fact To The American People...... global1 Jun 2021 #1

Oh god, no way I could take another lockdown. Initech Jun 2021 #3

There won't be another lockdown nt notpolltested Jun 2021 #5

Yeah no, that will not end well. Initech Jun 2021 #6

Yeah, unfortunately, I agree. Hugin Jun 2021 #7

There will if the hospitals fill up Blues Heron Jun 2021 #16

If the hospitals get overrun, they will do another lockdown. They would have no choice. liberal_mama Jun 2021 #17

No Republican governor will impose any restrictions and I'm doubtful even a Democrat would notpolltested Jun 2021 #21

Once again, I agree. Hugin Jun 2021 #23

I'm not saying they would for the current pandemic, unless there is a particularly nasty variant liberal_mama Jun 2021 #27

The federal government should have mandated that Medicaid and Medicare recipients get vaccinated. Yavin4 Jun 2021 #2

The federal government can not even mandate the military get the vaccine womanofthehills Jun 2021 #20

If you're on Medicare, you are at great risk from dying from the virus. Greater than any other group Yavin4 Jun 2021 #33

Some like Michael Osterholm were also talking about a category 5 hurricane in March when in reality notpolltested Jun 2021 #4

The CDC predicted a huge wave in May BannonsLiver Jun 2021 #9

Yeah they said that about the British variant and that didn't happen. Initech Jun 2021 #10

Here's Where COVID-19 Cases Are Rising and Falling BlueWavePsych Jun 2021 #12

I personally am not shocked at all that it's red states where this is rising. Initech Jun 2021 #13

That's exactly the complacency that gets people infected BlueWavePsych Jun 2021 #11

If it were complacency BannonsLiver Jun 2021 #15

The CDC works with real time data and adjusts their models and projections accordingly. BlueWavePsych Jun 2021 #18

Part of their alarm could be our vaccines are not optimal for the Delta variant womanofthehills Jun 2021 #22

Our vaccines are primarily Pfizer / Moderna while UK is primarily Astrozenaca so you can't quite notpolltested Jun 2021 #25

Understated, But Totally Correct ProfessorGAC Jun 2021 #29

There were supposed to be so many spikes according to DU virus experts. Ace Rothstein Jun 2021 #35

We have people who desperately want it to continue BannonsLiver Jun 2021 #37

This message was self-deleted by its author BannonsLiver Jun 2021 #8

There is herd immunity in many places in the US already Johnny2X2X Jun 2021 #14

In-person schooling will be the match that lights it. roamer65 Jun 2021 #19

Maybe breakthrough cases - many kids have natural immunity womanofthehills Jun 2021 #24

Less than 1% chance of a breakthrough per their own numbers nt notpolltested Jun 2021 #26

Saying PLEASE didn't work. Begging didn't work. Pleading didn't work. dalton99a Jun 2021 #28

It's going to hit some STATES pretty hard this fall DrToast Jun 2021 #30

We all know what states those are... roamer65 Jun 2021 #31

While it's clear that the fully vaccinated don't, at this time, get as sick and perhaps don't wiggs Jun 2021 #32

I've been fully vaccinated since March, but still taking all precautions liberal_mama Jun 2021 #34

Wise. That's another thing we know...is that each individual needs to evaluate risk according wiggs Jun 2021 #36