Re opening is a crazy idea...

... Unless you have proper testing. The virus is still at large and there is a decline in new casrs BECAUSE of the lockdown. This doesnt prove the lockdown is unnecessary but that it is necessary. If you open up, you need to be able to isolate and control the virus or its Groundhog Day for the black death.

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Quizzical · 46-50, M

This doesn't even come close to approaching the Black Death in virulence.

COVID-19 is killing about 10% of hospitalised cases, in essence, those who are worst affected (of which 90% had a prior health condition that made them vulnerable)

The Black Death however killed 30% to 60% of the population of Europe!

I'm not saying that we should remove the lockdown early or anything, but we do need to maintain some perspective.

Burnley123 · 41-45, M

@Quizzical The last sentence was dramatic irony. My main point stands.

Quizzical · 46-50, M

@Burnley123 Well, it's important to remember, not everyone in the world HAS a sense of irony... We're already in a situation where there are people out there who believe this is a potentially apocalyptic event 🤦‍♂️

If we actually had some mass testing going on I believe we would find that although the virus is incredibly widespread most people are just coping with it at home without the need for hospitalisation.

If only the same number again have the virus as have been hospitalised then that halves the mortality rate, and it's certainly going to be more than that who are effected.