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Originally Posted by Monticore
True , which sucks because we are all looking for the right answer which can work in many fields but the medical world is filled with maybes, try this, we don't know , the human body doesn't always do what it's told.
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But again, that's exactly my point.
Why COULDN'T we have tried that in areas where they are well suited for it? Boone County would've been perfect. A relatively young population that's quite diverse because of the hospital/university staff. We have a HUGE medical presence here; almost 20% of the state's ICU capacity despite only having about 180K people. There was virtually no spread at all.
This would've been a perfect spot to take measured, tailored approaches and let them breathe for a bit. And there are areas like ours in every state in the union.
I'm not saying do that everywhere. I'm not saying take NY's approach everywhere. I'm saying the opposite of both things.
I've mentioned this before, but my buddy who went to The Citadel and did a couple tours and has had a nice little Army career always emphasized this - the guy who survives is the guy that takes that half a heartbeat when shit is going crazy to simply take stock of what is happening before he acts.
Nobody ever took a half a heartbeat to take a deep breath and move forward from there. Everyone was just racing to take the next wild swing and in the process we missed an invaluable opportunity to formulate a long-term plan. And we may have cut off our noses to spite our faces if all we've done in those areas is leave a large carrier population who will still be there to be part of the next spike in cases if we try to open things back up.
This attempt to force a top down approach across the board on everyone was simply a failure on several levels.