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I am surprised of how many Villagers are so self absorbed that they are completely indifferent to the devastation being inflicted on so many who have lost their jobs, life savings and pretty soon maybe even become homeless. Like Tucker said poverty kills people too. If you are so content in the social isolation scheme then keep doing it and you will not be affected by the adverse consequences of opening up the economy.

This is much more than "inconvenient" as Dr Fauci describes it.

We can only print money so long. If we end up in a great depression then the mighty economic engine that so many people take for granted may just collapse. If so then how would we support the massive health system that most retirees have become so addicted to. And with hyperinflation your SS checks will be worth a pittance of what it is today. We will become a third world nation if we wait until the virus is completely wiped out.

Places like Sweden and Austria seem to have navigated a much less severe course successfully so far. There are many areas in the US that are barely affected. Let's get them back to normal as fast as possible. Some plans will not work but we can learn lessons from them without risking a big resurgence of the disease and then apply it to areas with higher rates of infection.

We can not let our futures be determined by a cadre of bureaucrats who think and live in a vacuum.