In the 1918 Flu pandemic Snt. Louis quarantined and shut down schools etc. they had a lower death rate than most other parts of the country. After the peak of deaths they lifted the quarantines, within one month the death rate doubled, going even higher than the first peak.
Until we have a vaccine, it's going to just keep going around
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Originally Posted by LiverpoolWalrus
Thanks for your input, Blueash. I'm on the fence about lifting restrictions anytime soon (or rather "easing" them as the other countries have done, as you correctly point out). I can see the pros and cons of both sides. But I'm thinking it would be prudent to wait for some good data from those countries before we proceed.
I would just like to avoid additional large scale suffering and giving the critics an opportunity to say something like many more people are dying because of poor judgment and incompetence. We should have waited just a few more weeks to see how the other countries turn out first.
Our nation usually does a better job of planning than this, in my opinion.
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