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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I mean a real [b]hard[/b] shutdown. No grocery store runs. No McDonalds. No Home Depot. Emergency workers only on the streets, police to nab and send home everyone else. Kind of like what they did in Italy and a few other places to crush the virus spread, not just 'flatten the curve'.

In the Post today there are some advocating a hard shutdown as one of three scenarios going forward, but I'm not sure they'd get the public support for that option.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/07/21/toll-covid-19-worsens-us-has-three-options/ [/quote]

It needs to be nation wide. [b]This is how Spain and Italy crushed it.[/b]

In Spain, you would get a $2,000 fine if found in violation.

THe USA version could be:

1) Nation wide mandatory mask law with $2000 fine for non-compliance

2) close all indoor dining, bars, churchs, gyms, hair salons

3) Grocery store runs only/ all other businesses curb side pick up or delivery only

IN 4 weeks, re-open only the schools.[/quote]

You can keep saying this, but it doesn't make it true.  Italy and Spain didn't crush the virus, they got crushed by the virus.  Their total deaths per capita were worse than Sweden's, which didn't do any of these things.  Italy and Spain's numbers dropped because the virus ran through their vulnerable populations.

http://www.91-divoc.com/pages/covid-visualization/?chart=countries-normalized&highlight=United%20States&show=25&y=both&scale=linear&data=deaths&data-source=jhu&xaxis=left&extra=Spain%2CItaly%2CSweden#countries-normalized[/quote]

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