FFS. Nobody - I repeat - NOBODY is reopening with no plan in place. |
Sweden has 34 deaths per 100,000 people compared to the US at 25 deaths per 100,000 people. This is despite many people generally being pretty responsible and voluntarily trying to socially distance even though it is not mandated. They still don’t know what herd immunity looks like because we still don’t know whether having the infection protects you from getting reinfected. Regarding Colorado I think many places are struggling with the question of when to classify a death as related to Covid 19. In the beginning they were mostly classifying deaths related to respiratory illnesses this way but we have learned more in recent weeks about how this disease is causing tremendous damage to other vital organs and we now know that Covid patients are dying from renal failure etc. Compounding the situation is the paucity of adequate and reliable testing. Many hospitals were prioritizing scarce tests for the living. In addition many tests have high false negative tests. So we might end up having to use excess deaths as our best method to calculate the death toll. Of course this assumes that governors are open, honest and transparent about all the deaths that occur in their states and readily share this information with the CDC etc |
| My Trumpist FB friend says that it's the MEDIA to blame, for making everyone so fearful. I just can't even deal with them anymore. |
| Open up. There’s no legal justification to enforce a quarantine. |
Well, it's true that some of the red states have a plan for hopes and prayers. |
Right. If the media had not made people afraid, then no one would have died. Similarly, if we had not tested anyone, no one would be sick and this would all be a non-issue. Darn those who insist on making us aware of current events! |
Tell it to a judge. It worked in Wisconsin. |
They actually do. |
This is the part that makes me so angry. Lots of the idiots protesting don't want to go back to work themselves. They want ME to have to go back to work and risk MY life and the life of my kids and my parents so that they (protesters) can get a haircut or a beer. |
Under section 361 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S. Code § 264), the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services is authorized to take measures to prevent the entry and spread of communicable diseases from foreign countries into the United States and between states. |
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Living life always has risks of life - car accidents, lyme disease, drowning, heart attacks, fatal falls, flu, murder, novo viruses from China.
Move on and figure a way not to wreck the economy for the next 3+ generations. |
Oh really? https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/on-this-day-the-supreme-court-rules-on-vaccines-and-public-health |
Invalid, particularly at the governor level, to lock down a state. |
Everything you list is voluntary, avoidable or has a treatment. COVID-19 is none of those things. As you were saying? |
From constitutioncenter.org: Government agencies do have the power to take action if needed. For example, in Pennsylvania, violators of its Communicable and Noncommunicable Diseases code (Chapter 27 of Health and Safety Act 28) may face fines and imprisonment in county jail. The National Conference of State Legislatures maintains a comprehensive list of state quarantine and isolation statutes, including penalties. Likewise, violation of federal quarantine orders can result in fines and imprisonment under Title 42 of the U.S. Code. |