Is ignoring COVID a good national strategy?

**Concart** · 07-07-2020, 12:05 PM

Originally Posted by floridafan

There are barely 500,000 deaths worldwide, you pathetic idiot.

Oh, you and your facts.

**ThatOwlWoman** · 07-07-2020, 12:05 PM

Originally Posted by BartenderElite

First: does anyone dispute that this is now the admin's stance? To me, it's obvious. If Trump could, I think he'd even get rid of what testing we have, just so we could more easily ignore the cases that are out there.

I haven't heard the admin articulate the reasoning for this strategy, but some surrogates have tried: we have to just let the virus run its course, and build "herd immunity."

Since we don't know how long immunity from having the virus lasts, and in fact could be a short period of time: is that a good national strategy? Other countries (and some notable U.S. states) have been able to re-open responsibly - containing the virus, while getting their economies moving again. Why wouldn't we emulate that?

There is some evidence that herd immunity may not be possible with this virus, as antibody protection wanes after recovery.

https://www.the-scientist.com/news-o...tibodies-67650

We would do well to emulate those successful countries by mandating masks, social distancing, safety procedures for businesses to follow, and so on. But we have way too many think-they-know-it-all morons here, both in the citizenry and in government.

**Geeko Sportivo** · 07-07-2020, 12:14 PM

**Geeko Sportivo** · 07-07-2020, 12:16 PM

**Geeko Sportivo** · 07-07-2020, 12:20 PM

**Geeko Sportivo** · 07-07-2020, 12:22 PM

**moon** · 07-07-2020, 12:23 PM

Scary.

**Geeko Sportivo** · 07-07-2020, 12:27 PM

**Evmetro** · 07-07-2020, 01:15 PM

Originally Posted by BartenderElite

First: does anyone dispute that this is now the admin's stance? To me, it's obvious. If Trump could, I think he'd even get rid of what testing we have, just so we could more easily ignore the cases that are out there.

I haven't heard the admin articulate the reasoning for this strategy, but some surrogates have tried: we have to just let the virus run its course, and build "herd immunity."

Since we don't know how long immunity from having the virus lasts, and in fact could be a short period of time: is that a good national strategy? Other countries (and some notable U.S. states) have been able to re-open responsibly - containing the virus, while getting their economies moving again. Why wouldn't we emulate that?

I don't know if it the best strategy. I don't know that is not the best strategy either. It may very well be that mother nature is going to run her course, regardless of what we do.