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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am so sick and tired of the way this gets framed as a choice between economy/GDP vs health. THAT IS NOT IT AT ALL. The choice is between real life vs living in fear. The people who are criticizing the shutdowns and school closures and cancellation of Easter are not doing it because they worship the GDP over people's lives. They do it because THEY CARE ABOUT PEOPLE'S LIVES. They care about their high school senior who won't have graduation or prom. They care about their second grader who won't have First Communion. They care about their high school junior who can't take the SATs. They care about their middle schooler who is cut off completely from the teaching he/she needs. They care about their elderly parents who are being told they can't go exercise at the community center, or can't see their only friends. I have been told I can't visit my Dad, who is in an elder rehab care center, because of COVID-19 fears.

This is real stuff that is happening to people, and we are being told to accept it because otherwise hospitals and nurses might get overwhelmed. I'm sick of it.

My daughter -- 7 years old -- has been making Easter decorations for two weeks and preparing for the big Easter dinner we normally host, with grandparents and cousins and aunts and uncles. She is actually excited about Easter Mass. She wants to hunt for Easter eggs and have fun with her cousins. It is heartbreaking to tell her this might not happen. The President is absolutely correct to say that this crap needs to end by Easter.

I'm sick of it.[/quote]

Healthcare worker here. Opening up by Easter would be disastrous. Have you seen the estimates, even conservative, of what this will do to our healthcare system? Understand this doesn't just affect the sick, but the people who need basic routine medical care and the system is too overburdened to get it. Have you seen what is happening in Italy? Are you prepared to die? Are you prepared to say goodbye to some of your loved ones? Patients in ICU in my hospital are mostly under age 60 and without significant prior medical history other than asthma or smoking.

We are at war. But in this war you just have to stay home, not worry about bombs being dropped. The bullets you dodge are touching the virus. It is not so hard for you to do your part in this war as it is in real wars with bombs and bullets. Grow up. Man up. Chin up. [/quote]

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