Testing out of California, Chicago, and New York are all showing 20% of the population had the virus - and never knew. The other facts frequently overlooked by the press are:

COVID-19 doesn't kill anyone by itself. Just like the flu, it is a comorbidity factor meaning that if you have some other underlying condition, this can push you over the edge. That's why people under 50 aren't dying in droves. More than 99% of the deaths are in the elderly.

Want to protect your elderly? Get the virus and develop an immunity to it. Unless you have an underlying condition which puts you at risk (and even then new drugs are proving effective) you have very, VERY little to worry about.

The General v. the Specific.

Shutdown and other of those extreme measures would not have been necessary if governments had done what Taiwan did - Jan2020, strict closure of the border, no incoming flights from China, no Chinese tourists or students.
Everyone else closed borders but too late, so the bad measures spoken about were brought in.

There is another thing that governments should have done- closed internal borders, important for nations with large areas. Australia did it with some success. (there were shut-downs as well).
Suppose the US had isolated NY City, and a few other urban conglomerates, would that have worked? I suggest - yes. Suggested by Trump, knocked back by the usual suspects. NY City would still have needed the strict internal shutdown, and a few other places, but not the whole US.

So, have these decisions made as locally as possible.

Another point from the top of the article,
that the strict measures are not justified by the severity of the pandemic, but how bad does the pandemic have to be is not stated, would that view be used regardless of severity?

Based on the results that I have read, the level of impact for an individual suffering from C19 is directly related to the individual's susceptibility. This is predicated on the severity of individual ailments. Ailments include any compromises to the immune system -- such as asthma, hypertension, obesity, etc. Individuals with these ailments know it. If ... and that is a very big if .... If these individuals care about their life, then they will take cautionary steps to avoid those situations where they can contract C19 as well as be close to the resources that can treat them once they do get it. It is also likely that a great percentage of the population will eventually get C19.

The health clubs and fitness centers should have never closed. Just post, in large font, the warnings regarding those who are susceptible. Individuals should be allowed the freedom to choose their level of risk. Schools should have stayed open. By this point (early May), we would have had vast swaths of folks who had passed through the virus and who are now immune, or the few cases requiring treatment.

However, The State has taken the position of one size fits all... and now our king of conceit Inslee (Washington State) has ordered the lock down to go beyond May 4th and through the end of May. Residential and commercial construction must desist. But GOV construction projects are allowed to continue. Sweet unemployment checks are showered out while liquor and pot stores remain open. Interesting. There is a disincentive to return to work for the welfare check recipients.

I see the social distancing (the arbitrary 6 feet) and the donning of masks to be a combination of behavior engineering blended with a generous bit of virtue signalling.

One bright light -- a number of county sheriffs are not enforcing the dictates from Olympia. And there are protests taking place in sundry towns and cities.

I recently shared with a like-minded freedom-loving, personally responsible, gun-toting friend in Wisconsin -- if the edict comes down from on high that we must wear masks while out running, cycling, etc ... I will refuse. I will sooner spend a night in jail. He insisted that it would similarly be an opportunity to discover what the food is like while being incarcerated. Resist!

I dont believe anything governments tell us. In the case of kung flu, all they can come up with in Nevada is about 250 "deaths", probably only partially a result of catching it, but more likely due to other factors that weakened people. They could have died from any number of other factors like a common cold or flu- when added to their already serious medical issues.

Out of 3 million people in Nevada, this is a really small number, definitely a lot LESS than the number that died on the roads due to accidents.

But we dont shut down the roads to prevent THOSE deaths.

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