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Author	SinistramSitNovum
Comment	The idea of the lockdown was never to shelter in place until the virus just goes away. I am sorry if you had that understanding and are now disappointed but that was NEVER a viable plan and was never seriously proposed. The idea was to flatten the curve as to not overwhelm medical services, replenish and procure supplies of PPE and other necessary equipment, and buy some time to investigate treatment options. It was always going to be about limiting future deaths and infections not eliminating them completely. That is the grim reality and always has been. We have done that the best we can at this point. Whether or not it was good enough or other governments or political parties could have done a better job is now up to history to determine. Trump was rightly criticized for pushing to come out of lockdown before the curve could be flattened, before stock of critical equipment could be secured, before safety measures and action plans could be drawn up, before the medical services sector could be sure they were not going to be overwhelmed and had the necessary capacity to deal with this (spoiler alert they were overwhelmed and need some time that they didn't get), all while rejecting basic safety provisions like wearing masks. Advocating for longer lockdowns is not indicating you are somehow more reasonable than Trump and there for on the correct side of history. The approach going forward will need to be a risk reward based implementation of measures designed to prolong and compound the positive effects of the initial lockdown. We will need a world to come back to after covid and while there are government initiatives that could happen to soften the economic blow there would likely be nothing that could be done to prepare us for the misery that would follow. Please understand no one is trying to advocate that going round to the pub is more important that your neighbors life. No one is saying that, we all just stayed home and all just made major changes to our lives precisely because we wanted to do everything possible to give your neighbor the best chance possible. Most people aren't selfish monsters dude, try and keep that in mind.
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Created	Wed 2nd Sep 2020 12:38pm
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The idea of the lockdown was never to shelter in place until the virus just goes away. I am sorry if you had that understanding and are now disappointed but that was NEVER a viable plan and was never seriously proposed. The idea was to flatten the curve as to not overwhelm medical services, replenish and procure supplies of PPE and other necessary equipment, and buy some time to investigate treatment options. It was always going to be about limiting future deaths and infections not eliminating them completely. That is the grim reality and always has been.

We have done that the best we can at this point. Whether or not it was good enough or other governments or political parties could have done a better job is now up to history to determine.

Trump was rightly criticized for pushing to come out of lockdown before the curve could be flattened, before stock of critical equipment could be secured, before safety measures and action plans could be drawn up, before the medical services sector could be sure they were not going to be overwhelmed and had the necessary capacity to deal with this (spoiler alert they were overwhelmed and need some time that they didn't get), all while rejecting basic safety provisions like wearing masks.

Advocating for longer lockdowns is not indicating you are somehow more reasonable than Trump and there for on the correct side of history. The approach going forward will need to be a risk reward based implementation of measures designed to prolong and compound the positive effects of the initial lockdown. We will need a world to come back to after covid and while there are government initiatives that could happen to soften the economic blow there would likely be nothing that could be done to prepare us for the misery that would follow.



Please understand no one is trying to advocate that going round to the pub is more important that your neighbors life. No one is saying that, we all just stayed home and all just made major changes to our lives precisely because we wanted to do everything possible to give your neighbor the best chance possible. Most people aren't selfish monsters dude, try and keep that in mind.