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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The goal was to flatten the curve. We have done that. Mission accomplished.

It is not going to be just another six weeks of this virus. Probably a year or more. So we will need to relax the social distancing policies to survive, politically, emotionally and emotionally.[/quote]

+1.  The virus could stick around, it could be less of a problem in the summer and come back in the fall like other viruses do, it could burn out like SARS did, we could get to a point where we have herd immunity.  We don't know.  But at some point we're going to have to weigh economics, education, civil liberties, etc. with the risk.  I'm happy to see that in the reopening guidelines for governors (no, not the reopening plan from the White House, but one put together by the Association of Governors, led by Hogan and Cuomo) includes balancing medical/hospital resources is part of the plan.  With Maryland re-opening Laurel Hospital to accept COVID patients, that's a big help in the balance.  Flattening the curve was never meant to prevent everyone from getting COVID, it was to try to prevent everyone from getting it at the same time.  The curve doesn't come to a complete stop, it just flattens and lengthens.  [/quote]

Of course. We know all of this. Don't you think it's best to then wait for the data driven plan instead of everyone just doing what feels best right now?[/quote]

Well we may be waiting for a LONG time as the data keeps changing.  Remember how we were told wearing face masks was useless?  And now we're told to wear face masks with the Surgeon General giving us a cute little youtube tutorial.

Remember how asymptomatic carriers were contagious?  The latest is they aren't.

Remember how mortality rates are changing practically daily?

And it's understandable that the data will keep changing.  That's how science works.  But we may never have this completely figured out, heck we can't even get a completely effective flu shot (I say this as someone who gets one every year and makes my kids).  So for the data to be set in stone and not changing, we're going to be waiting a long time.[/quote]
This. X1000.[/quote]

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