I don't care what people post either. I'm not the post police. But he has started 1000 threads 99% of them are basically we are all going to die. To be fair we need both sides of people posting that this is over hyped and that it is not. Middle ground. But endless similar threads started by the same guy ......not really good for the forum imo
The authorities have repeatedly pointed to the possibility of hospitals being overwhelmed beyond their capacity with COVID-19 cases alone if economic shutdowns & social distancing measures were not being practiced. That would mean all those many thousands needing emergency care for life saving procedures would die. It would also mean that those needing immediate care to avert negative consequences like being put in comas, paralysis etc, would not be saved.
Without the shutdown & safety measures via social distancing, many hospitals would be overwhelmed while not having the staff or equipment to properly deal with it, leading to many more health care workers getting ill. That, in turn, would lead to cascading issues within the health care system as mentioned above.
The situation could get so bad that it could lead to mass panic, rioting, looting, anarchy. The government would rather avert potential doomsday scenarios.
Moreover relatively little is known about this virus compared to the flu which has been studied for decades & which has not caused hospitals to be overwhelmed as potentially they would have been via COVID-19. So better to shut things down for a few weeks or months until more is learned this novel virus. IOW better safe than sorry.
Also, relative to the flu, experts tend to think, based on the data they have thus far, that COVID-19 is much more easily transmitted & has a higher death rate. So it is considered a much more dangerous threat than the flu. Consequently, much greater measures to shut it down have been implemented.
Does that make sense to you?
If you can see the future in a crystal ball what the number of COVID-19 deaths will be after a year, then by all means let us know. BTW, to be comparable, that would have to be an alternate future where there were no economic shut down worldwide & no universal social distancing put into effect. Otherwise it's a case of "apples & oranges". IOW, we'll never know if the flu numbers are better or worse. What we do know is that experts generally agreed that COVID-19 warranted the measures that are being taken.
What is useful is in the eye of the beholder. There are dozens of views on my threads, so how many people are interested in them, do you suppose? Why view something you have no interest in.
Did you think insults would convince a reasoning person such as myself to cease from an action?
Leave the snarling to lesser creatures such as animals.
But thanks for bumping my threads to the top of p.1 where they are most visible to everyone, yourself included.
Then, in my replying to your tirades, you become responsible for them being bumped to the top once again. Good job.
May Jesus bless your day & grant you to know the truth.
Without the economic shutdown there would have been many more deaths. Why? Because many hospitals would have been overwhelmed & they wouldn't have been able to handle all the non COVID-19 emergency cases in addition to all the COVID-19 emergency cases. Then doctors, as in Italy, have had to choose between who lives & who dies. Many thousands more would have died.
Without the shutdown many more would have become sick at the same time. That would have led to many businesses shutting down anyway. And many of their customers would have stayed at home, anyway, leading to even more business closures.
As things are going, there is much "herd immunity" already being built up. As many economies are now beginning to gradually open, or about to do so within the next few weeks, the "herd immunity" will slowly & properly be built up even more, so that hospitals & such are not overwhelmed.
Without the shutdown many more would have become sick at the same time. That would have led to many businesses shutting down anyway. And many of their customers would have stayed at home, anyway, leading to even more business closures.
As things are going, there is much "herd immunity" already being built up. As many economies are now beginning to gradually open, or about to do so within the next few weeks, the "herd immunity" will slowly & properly be built up even more, so that hospitals & such are not overwhelmed.
What is obviously clear is:
1) serious vehicular accidents & deaths are way way down
2) flu deaths & serious complications have decreased tremendously
3) C-19 ill health & deaths are far less due to the lockdowns
4) likewise probably other communicable diseases (e.g. tuberculosis, HIV) have been greatly reduced by the extreme safety measures in place
5) street crimes have probably been highly reduced.
6) families have been able to spend more time together enjoying each others company while free from the slavery of that 4 letter word "work" that the vast majority hate. Giving more time for quality of life activities like sex & various entertainments.
7) abortions (child murder) are probably down.
http://www.therxforum.com/showthread...1#post13211637
1) serious vehicular accidents & deaths are way way down
2) flu deaths & serious complications have decreased tremendously
3) C-19 ill health & deaths are far less due to the lockdowns
4) likewise probably other communicable diseases (e.g. tuberculosis, HIV) have been greatly reduced by the extreme safety measures in place
5) street crimes have probably been highly reduced.
6) families have been able to spend more time together enjoying each others company while free from the slavery of that 4 letter word "work" that the vast majority hate. Giving more time for quality of life activities like sex & various entertainments.
7) abortions (child murder) are probably down.
http://www.therxforum.com/showthread...1#post13211637
