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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No.  I’m sorry your neighbors are bad parents but please stand firm.  A little girl from DS’s school as just diagnosed with COVID 19.  Her parents were very “relaxed” about social distancing and accused everyone else of “catastrophizing”.  The father has it, too. [/quote]

Lots of people are going to get it. We are just trying to not all get it at once but it is expected and necessary that some people get it now - we are just spreading the infections over time. [/quote]

I don't want to get it. Sorry. It looks horrible even for people who get it and never go to the hospital. I don't want to feel like hell for a couple of weeks and then spend the next couple of weeks regaining my strength. No thanks. Plus they think there are long lasting effects on various parts of the body.

Again, no thank you. I'm hoping not to get it.[/quote]

+2. It’s an extremely painful illness.  I don’t want to get it and I certainly don’t want my kids to get it.  It’s certainly not necessary that some people get it now! [/quote]

I am not saying anyone wants to get it but they were forecasting that over the next couple of years upwards of 50%+ of the population will get it. Right now, estimates suggest about 3-5% have gotten it. A lot more people will catch this over time, each time restrictions ease, there will be another segment of the population that gets it. A vaccine will help but it won't be a cure all and the chance they will get a rushed vaccine right the first time is pretty low. It will be helpful but won't end the circulation of the virus right away. The purpose of flattening the curve is not to reduce the overall infections over time but rather to reduce the number of people infected at any given time.[/quote]

You realize that they're hoping to develop a treatment before half the population gets it, right?  There's a difference between getting it when more is known and effective treatments are available and getting it now.  But go ahead, get it now.[/quote]

You don't seem to be disagreeing with PP.  There's a difference between saying "I'm hoping not to get it" and "I'm hoping to get it down the road rather than now." One is not realistic and the other is.[/quote]

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