Are lockdowns justified?

[jasonelijah]

I agree that guy doesn't get how percentages work, you will not die from Covid most likely. 99% of ppl don't. period. THat's not a political point that's just scientific fact

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

Just saying if you do get it you most likely will not die. I did get my vaccine b/c I'm diabetic but I'm just paranoid.

As 37 points out, there are more than 500 000 deaths in the US. Bear in mind - that’s WITH most people voluntarily staying home when they can, wearing masks when they can’t and not crowding together. Add to that the mandates limiting public gatherings, the closures of schools and entertainment venues, and the cancellations of large. Without all this, your death toll would be MUCH higher.

New Zealand has a pretty strict lockdown policy. Know how many people we’ve lost to COVID? 26.

Boru

[jasonelijah]

I'm in a state that isn't on lockdown and I eat out and go do whatever the hell I want. Might be kinda silly but that's just me. I can't wait to go to the movies again.

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

I'm in a state that isn't on lockdown and I eat out and go do whatever the hell I want. Might be kinda silly but that's just me. I can't wait to go to the movies again.

Any idea how many people you’ve infected?

Boru

[Rev. Rye]

[jasonelijah]

I don't have covid and I always wear a mask and use hand sanitizer when I get back in the car. I live in Dallas TX and so I got the johnson and johnson vaccine last week so I'm good to go

[Jackie]

I'm in a state that isn't on lockdown and I eat out and go do whatever the hell I want. Might be kinda silly but that's just me. I can't wait to go to the movies again.

You cannot take one day, or one week in as a cure regardless of county, nation or the entire planet. To defeat a pandemic, it isn't a matter of ups and downs in one location, but global cooperation.

[jasonelijah]

California is on lockdown and has more cases than Texas, Texas lifted the mask mandate and is doing better than the state on lockdown, not sure what it's accomplishing...maybe we all should just allow it and have herd immunity. I doubt there would be that many deaths.

[HappySkeptic]

I'm in a state that isn't on lockdown and I eat out and go do whatever the hell I want. Might be kinda silly but that's just me. I can't wait to go to the movies again.

You come across as a young selfish teen.

A leader must make a judgment about inconveniencing 100-X% to save X%.  There is a moral threshold, and in every country in the world, COVID19 met the threshold for imposing restrictions.

We know that Texas is now restriction-free.  Perhaps some others are too.  From a scientific viewpoint, this is too early.  You are encouraging a new wave of virus variants that could haunt the population (and the world) for a longer time.

Texas needed a distraction for the disastrous power shortage, so they gave people bread and circuses.

[Jackie]

California is on lockdown and has more cases than Texas, Texas lifted the mask mandate and is doing better than the state on lockdown, not sure what it's accomplishing...maybe we all should just allow it and have herd immunity. I doubt there would be that many deaths.

It is also more densely populated, and just because the state advocates rules, does not mean all citizens follow them.

Which is why "lockdown" is a bullshit word for any state, red or blue. If you tell most people to wear their seatbelt today, most will. But back in the 70s most adults fought that concept.