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Yes, absolutely that should be the "end" of it. Especially since we are already giving the vaccine to front line works who aren't old or in danger. Anyone who wants to hole up until they get the vaccine should be able to. But I'll take the low risk.
Everyone can empathise with wanting life to get back to normal. However the problem with folk wanting to take the individual risk is that the “low” percentage of people needing medical help can still overburden health care systems. This potentially means that people with other illness / disease can’t / don’t see a doctor in time, and others in a society take the brunt. Yes, let’s open up; but let’s not throw caution…
But they haven’t. The prevailing opinion I’m seeing on HN recently is that the US didn’t do a “real” lockdown which is why there are still so many cases. They opine that Americans largely didn’t “comply” with the government orders rendering any potential positive effects from lockdowns moot.
If you take that at face value, then shouldn’t we have had an overwhelmed medical system by now?
The Denver convention center was turned into a makeshift hospital for almost a year. They never had a single patient. My relatives lost their low-paying jobs and are still jobless today.
Remember the military hospital ships that were sent to NY and LA? They never saw a single COVID patient?
At this point I just don’t see any evidence that our healthcare system overwhelmed in any meaningful way. It’s FUD.
Don’t try and post an article about how some random ICU was at 80% capacity. ICUs are designed to be near operating capacity because it’s a waste of resources to over supply.