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Originally Posted by SkunkWorks
Evidently the people screaming we've overreacted clearly don't have family members or relatives ill/dying/dead.
Easy to sit behind your keyboard or picket sign when it ain't you putting your family on the line. How about we trade your parents' lives so I can go get my haircut. Greater good right?
And scoffing at Sweden's "only 3k" deaths. That's more than died from 9/11 and we still hold vigils annually around the world for them to this day.
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I don't know if you were directing this post at me, but if so, i wasn't scoffing at their 3k deaths. Just stating that it was nowhere near what was projected by analysts.
Myself personally, I've been quite cautious about this. Haven't gone anywhere except grocery runs once a week, and at the least busy time of day while masked up. Other than that just work in the evening when no one else is there. And of course, minding my hands.
I guess i just appreciate seeing different countries trying different strategies so we have at least some form of reference to judge from. Obviously there's no one size fits all. Different population density, healthcare systems, cultures, etc. It's been suggested that there are even different strains as well.
And yes, they have implemented restrictions of certain things and bolstered their healthcare system.
I'm not trying to say anyone is overreacting, but what if there never is a vaccine?
I think how Sweden has handled this is to assume that there may never be and that this is just something we'll have to figure out how to live with. Because if that is the case, locking down for periods then opening back up repeatedly is not sustainable.