[jimjamuser]

Originally Posted by kanoa1kale2

Just a basic understanding is needed of the economic vs need of quarantine. This country cannot survive another economic shutdown. We, in the Villages, have a bubble oriented view of the situation. Many are much older and have many comorbidities. Those people should definitely stay secluded and safe. Since we rely on retirement income, we aren't really affected much by the shutdown, other than the obvious isolation and lack of activities. However, perhaps we need to go talk to our "essential" workers who are asked to place their health on the line to provide us with our day to day needs. Are we willing to share our income to those laid off, with children and mortgages or rent to help them survive? The shutdown limited medical operations for "non-essential" surgeries or elective operations. Medical procedures that could have diagnosed deadly diseases earlier were bypassed in order to satisfy the lockdown. Covid has a 99% recovery rate for most people. If you are susceptible, stay home. Don't go running around looking for problems and trying to impress your dangerous comorbidities onto the rest of us. Stay home, take advantage of the many online order and delivery systems available to remain safe. Always remember, if you do this, you will not encounter those who are out and they become no danger to you. The vaccine is about six months out according to most "experts" guesses. The U.S. population is approx. 328 million, the covid cases are approx 11 million, giving us 317 million future targets for the virus. We are NOT going to control it anymore than we control other annual illnesses like the flu each year. We minimize it's affect as best we can and move on with our lives and continually search for better vaccines and support procedures for those that contract it.

I don't agree with everything, but it WAS really well written.