I don't see much benefit of the shutdown. I wear an N95 mask and rubber gloves when I go out to run errands. I went to Home depot 2 weeks ago in the villages and it was business as usual. People shopping without mask or gloves.

I just went to the super Walmart at the north end of the villages and it was packed. About half of the customers had masks on and fewer had gloves. I saw a newborn baby with her young parents without masks.

My point is, people are still going out in public ignoring social distancing and without wearing personal protective equipment and because fewer businesses are open they're packing into the ones that are open.

I suppose you could open up the economy and let the consumer decide how much they'll risk getting infected.

It looks to me that some people don't care or see a risk and some do. It's up to you to protect yourself.

As for myself, I see this virus as a new era in humanity. I'm surprised terrorists haven't seen this in the past as a way to attack us. It's very easy to weaponize this virus. The virus is easy to come by compared to bomb making materials and you can't detect it on people. This will change everything.

I'm betting this winter we'll see the virus come back with a vengeance and you can't shutdown the world for several months and not run out of food etc.

Gilead is testing a treatment that may be available soon and a vaccine should be available next year.

Protect yourself long enough to get to lower death rates is a good goal and let the risk takers choose their plan.