The Crisis That Never Ended

[David Horn]

(04-04-2020, 07:00 AM)Bob Butler 54 Wrote:

(03-31-2020, 06:51 PM)Bob Butler 54 Wrote: Same with values.  Some value the economy, and are minimizing the threat of the virus.  They see with their bank accounts and live in their dream worlds.  Some value people, and are asking why the federal government and some states are not taking action.  This is red and blue all over, whether you accept the science or create pleasant daydreams of there not existing any threats that a small government cannot handle.

Well, it started that way.  Some wanted to optimize the economy, others work towards saving lives.  As time goes on, the two are looking the same.  We are not going to be able to push the restart button on the economy until the curve is flattened.  If everybody isolates at once, the numbers of cases are minimized and the precautions can be relaxed.

There are a lot of folks resisting the precautions.  I have spoken of some mothers dropping kids as usual to hang out at the closed mall.  I bumped into another Facebook entry that some mothers are holding sleepovers for the kids.  That is another way that one contaminated family results in many contaminated families.  Fighting the precautions is just leading to the worst of both worlds, deaths and an extended economic shutdown.

All true, but let's add testing. With out testing, we can't know who is safe to go back to work, or shop either, for that matter.  Trump seems bored by the testing question, so we may not be doing all that much to get there -- which is a real mystery.  He doesn't give a rat's patoot about people, but he's all-in for money.  This is the one area I would expect him to be all over.