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Originally Posted by AustinChief
This is one of the most rational posts I have seen in days regarding this topic. This entire situation has reminded me how over emotional our society has become. We are basically all teenage girls at this point.
The course of action I would have taken (I stated this weeks ago) would be to isolate the known at risk portion of our population and let the rest go about their business and develop immunity.
I would even have the government subsidize the endeavor. 25 years old but have respiratory issues? The govt will mandate that you are allowed to either work from home or get paid leave and will compensate you and your employer accordingly. I would also be fine with the govt offering some assistance to anyone else who CHOOSES to self quarantine.
Yes, there will be people who are at risk and decide not to follow precautions. If they do so.... well, **** 'em. That was THEIR CHOICE.
I know my "solution" is far from perfect but it's a massive step up from the cluster**** we are attempting now.
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With the amount of people in the at risk group you would still be isolating a large portion of the country , and taxing the healthcare system.
They made a decision with the info they were getting, and seem to be escalating rather quickly as more info/data comes in which probably means that data is not great.
Is it the the right choice who knows but most would chose the lesser of two evils with info at hand.