agip wrote:
But, but, but wrote:
Trump streaming.
He just quoted a report that put the median age of Covid death at 78 and another that found that 90% of the deaths had at least two deathly conditions.
I did find a study that said 85% of those who get Covid have no symptoms or very mild symptoms.
99.96% of Covid deaths are among adults.
Do we really need to bankrupt and evict tens of millions of Americans for the public health?
I think you misunderstand what is going on.
Sure, government has closed some industries. Not much really at this point.
The problem is that people don't want to go out and get the virus.
Until we get this virus beat the economy will be in the toilet.
We could do that in a month if everyone wears a mask.
Then the vaccine comes in 2021.
I agree with all but the last two sentences.
Masks alone won't beat the virus, even if everyone was diligent about wearing them. Everyone in hospitals wear masks but the virus still spreads to health workers and even to patients in non-covid wings of the hospital.
Masks are very helpful but they are not the whole solution.
We also need to be prepared for the very real possibility that we won't have a successful vaccine program in 2021.