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[quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]Pretty certain that at least some people who aren’t part of the “ruling” class would benefit if some businesses opened up if it was deemed safe by reasonable governors of their respective states. [/quote]

They will benefit right up to the point that they are infected with coronavirus.
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And 99% plus will survive it and go on to see another day.[/quote]
Exactly. I mean just look at VA’s number of deaths. For a state this big, we have 231 deaths. Most of those deaths are coming from people over 70 years old with other complications. I mean, yeah I understand social distancing and whatnot, but is all of this worth it for such a low number of people?

For all the people who give the stats on car accidents, the flu, a shooting, etc as being risks that are just as deadly....it’s hard to argue against them at this point.

I’m game for doing this for another month. But if the numbers remain low, people are going to be pissed off if they’re losing their livelihoods just because 300 people died. [/quote]

Maybe give this a bit more thought? Social distancing has kept death numbers low so you want to end social distancing? That's like building a levee to prevent floods and then dismantling it because you haven't had a flood.

We have to take the necessary steps to prevent a resurgence before we can re-open safely. Of course, if you want to open unsafely, please go first.
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Yeah but we can’t do it forever. That’s all I’m saying. 2-3 months is acceptable. Anymore than that is just overkill, especially if we aren’t seeing the numbers drastically jump up. We can’t live in fear forever.

TB and Ebola are much deadlier and as easy to spread as COVID. We aren’t doing the same thing for that. But can’t put everyone lives on hold for 6 months for that long for something that has a low death rate. [/quote]

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