Absolutely agree!

At what percentage of the population would you be concerned? Let us know your number and it's really easy math for us to figure out how many days it would take for us to get there if we just let this thing rip. The virus has demonstrated all over the globe it's able to double every three days when restrictions are not in place. So from our current count of 50,000 confirmed cases, (assuming there are zero other cases out there), if we just go back to normal it would infect half the population in less than a month.

It's not just beds you need, you need ICU beds with ventilators and trained staff. I mean a bed is better than the hallways like we see in Spain, but it's not an ICU bed.

I do not know, but I know that economists have attempted this calculation. And without using a precise formula, the govt. will at some point start to open up the economy even though the virus is still at large, i.e., accepting some level of deaths. Which is worse to you: 20% unemployment or 100,000 deaths? Don't know if those figures are accurate or even directionally correct, but that is essentially what this all comes down to now.

Absolutely not, all lives are valuable. My point is, and has been since this fiasco started, was, protect the elderly and the vulnerable. That means you too if you share a roof with someone at risk. I hear your concern, and your case is not exclusive, there are lots of people taking care of their parents. My mother lives in my house, and if I was living there now, I'd be taking all kinds of precautions. The vast majority of the nation though does not fall into this category.

There should be a coordinated push to isolate this at risk group. I can't imagine not being able to hug my Mother's neck, but if that's what it took to make sure she didn't catch anything, I'd do it.

I don't have the answer, but for Pete's sake, what kind of common sense does it take to understand that someone at risk can catch this very easily and they need to really be taken care of? Lockdown is not the answer, that is unless you completely shut your door and don't leave. Every trip to the gas station, the grocery store, the pharmacy, you're potentially exposed to this virus.

I’ve never been much of a fan of Lt. Gov. Bucee Beaver, but I like what he had to say today. Get rid of the olds!

Yea lets start by making all the 50 and under carry all the old bodies to the morgue without protection.
After all they are bullet proof, and we dont need to waste out medical resources on them. 50 and under

That makes it a 1% death rate.

If you are in the high risk category and going out you put yourself at risk. YOU put yourself at risk. You're not at risk because of me going about my life. You volunteer to take the 15% mortality chance on your own. Right now I'd rather take my 1% chance and go about life but I can't, because the 15% risk people want the playing field of life level. If you don't want to go out because you fear COVID-19 then stay home and screen your visitors. Anyone who wants to go out should be able to do so. This sets a nasty and dangerous precedent. All levels of government are putting citizens under house arrest with allowances to go out for a list of government approved reasons.

This is pretty much the way I see it. I just don't understand the effectiveness of the measures we are currently taking. We are slowing the spread, but not stopping it. No matter how long we continue with our half*** lockdowns, when we resume normal business the virus will likely still be there. It will start again from the beginning and this will all just repeat itself.

I am not doctor, but it seems to me that the most effective thing we can do is strict quarantine of olds and asthmatics. Protect the "at risk" groups, while letting the virus run its course. Healthy individuals will eventually develop antibodies against the virus (or doctors will develop a vaccine) and that will be what actually ends the threat.

Including your kid’s grandparents right? If they only knew...

What are yall are always bashing on the poor, so your gonna destroy the US ecomony over this? Throw thousands of people into the street when they cant pay their rent and then what? Are you gonna then tell them to " pull themselves up by the invisible boot straps" a level of death rate is what its going to cost just like always.

I am really not sure, but I will pay attention at 1%. We are concerned about stressing the medical facilities and that is concerning. Are we that unprepared? We are setting a precedent and showing some real vulnerability as a Nation.

This virus has plateaued or substantially slowed down in these other countries. I don't believe the numbers for China but Italy has around 60 million and Spain 47 million. They are hovering around 10% and have been for the last several days with marginal increases. So I don't think infecting half of the population is a reality.

I also don't truly understand the social distancing. Everyone is bombarding the grocery stores putting more people in one place than normal. I am in favor of being responsible. Good hygiene, if your high risk be more cautious, ect.. but I don't need anyone to tell me that, especially the government.

I think, EPA or whomever, allows for a death rate of a very small percentage when approving certain standards for such things as water quality, air quality, perhaps even for the approval for pesticides and other chemicals. I don't think they have ever been very comfortable with it, but realize the necessity. We could apply the same principle here, but by the scientist and not the politicians.

Excellent. And probably exactly how most feel.

India's response today.


https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/24/coronavirus-indias-prime-minister-orders-nationwide-lockdown.html