everysingletime
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If there was a nationwide contact trace and isolate program set in place it would be possible to open up the economy and keep infected ppl at home. Presently, there's no such thing right now.But what do you think telling people to continue to lock themselves inside their home for another 1-2-3+ months is going to do? People forget there are costs to doing these lockdowns beyond just being a little bored. On top of the financial ramifications, there’s a mental health component that’s not being talked about much at all.
I was 100% in support of quarantine back in March. I understood how much we didn’t know about the virus - how lethal it was, how it spreads, do masks work?, what the virus actually does, does it affect everyone equally?, etc. This on top of the fact that there’s no effective treatment or vaccine and no built in immunity in anyone. It was a reasonable reaction in the sake of public health.
3 months later though, I’ve changed my mind. In part due to the financial and mental health stuff I’ve mentioned before, but also because we’re getting a better sense of what this is. We know that 86% of those that die from it are 65+. The average person that dies from COVID-19 has on average 2.5 comorbidities. Just 7% of of COVID-19 deaths were attributed to COVID-19 alone.
So what does that tell me? It tells me that younger, relatively healthy people are probably safe to go back to work. It tells me that if you’re a high risk individual that you need to take more precautions to protect yourself. People in nursing homes, who are being hit hard already, need the most help.
I think there has to be a way to allow low risk individuals to get back into the world and contribute to the economy and allow them to re establish some type of normalcy while also taking precautions to safeguard more vulnerable populations. The idea of forcing EVERYONE into their homes, regardless of their risk status, and dictating what they can and can’t do rather than allow them a choice is becoming ridiculous in my eyes and certainly unsustainable, practically speaking.
And there's so much not known about the virus right now. It's not as easy as I'm young with no comorbities, I should be safe going out there. You never know.
I know a family of three who contracted covid. The 60 yr old parents lived but the 30 yr old son died.
Young children are coming down with a multi inflammatory syndrome related to covid and I don't think doctors have figured out how that's worked yet.
My sister works at an ER and she's seen 20-40 yr olds come in with strokes when the usual demographic for strokes are usually 50 and over, and that's because of covid
Don't be so quick to assume that you won't be that unlucky young person that goes to the icu because of covid.
Even if you don't go to the icu over covid, if you contract it then you can probably pass it to someone who would.
I don't blame you for wanting to go back to work though.