If the government were to shut the country down like new Zealand did how long do you think it would be before this virus is over.
31-35, F
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TinyViolins · 31-35, M
I think it's a little too optimistic to think that the virus could completely die off purely through a temporary shut down. After all, COVID is still active in NZ.
There are vital services that need to be provided and people need to leave their house to eat or care for dependents. All of that provides millions and likely even billions of vectors for the virus to spread, and that's just on minimal economic activity.
The strategy many political figures are going with is a combination of lockdown, vaccination drives, social distancing, and mask mandates, but even that has not proven 100% effective anywhere. There's an increasing possibility COVID is here to stay for the long haul.
Personally, now that vaccines have been mass-produced and proven effective against the virus, I think a shutdown would end up being overkill. For the most part, the people dying right now are the people not taking their health seriously at all, and I doubt there's much the government can do about that. It's not like we've stopped drunk driving or smoking despite all the effort. I see it as natural selection at this point.
As far as overcrowded hospital goes, they could solve a lot of that with a triage system. Put the unvaccinated on a waitlist and reserve ICU rooms and hospital beds for the people that did things the right way. Make it something similar to the organ transplant system
There are vital services that need to be provided and people need to leave their house to eat or care for dependents. All of that provides millions and likely even billions of vectors for the virus to spread, and that's just on minimal economic activity.
The strategy many political figures are going with is a combination of lockdown, vaccination drives, social distancing, and mask mandates, but even that has not proven 100% effective anywhere. There's an increasing possibility COVID is here to stay for the long haul.
Personally, now that vaccines have been mass-produced and proven effective against the virus, I think a shutdown would end up being overkill. For the most part, the people dying right now are the people not taking their health seriously at all, and I doubt there's much the government can do about that. It's not like we've stopped drunk driving or smoking despite all the effort. I see it as natural selection at this point.
As far as overcrowded hospital goes, they could solve a lot of that with a triage system. Put the unvaccinated on a waitlist and reserve ICU rooms and hospital beds for the people that did things the right way. Make it something similar to the organ transplant system