Why do you want lockdown and social distancing now? Why have you not called for this in the past for other deaths?
Because, contrary to the incorrect study posted to this forum, making outrageous claims (due to major errors and assumptions built into their models) like as much as half the U.K. population already being infected, the virus has not come close to peaking yet. We have many more months of this and it is very possible, if not probable, that it will not slow significantly in the summer, as many have theorized could happen, since new footage and data is coming out of warmer climates in Central America and elsewhere showing that the virus is starting to tick up there as well. So we likely will go into summer not seeing the spread decrease as much unless severe measures are taken. The virus has not yet peaked, most people do not yet have it, and the hospital system is already being severely burdened. If it collapses, not only do you have Cov-19 infected people dying, but you also have normal patients and emergency patients who die because they cannot get proper treatment. The virus has a very high R0 value, so it’s not like the flu or other things people die from because those things do not burden the healthcare system to the same degree.
What about the police stopping and fining people? Why are they allowed to come close to you? But you are not allowed to meet a friend?
Because what you do affects other people and you do not have the right to infect other people and when you infect other people then you are infringing upon their rights. And if a significant percentage of healthcare workers get sick, we don’t have a healthcare system any longer and people will see just how quick things take a turn without them. Police should be keeping their distance and wearing masks as well. Perhaps they will learn now that many of them are catching it in areas that have a larger population density, like NYC.
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