I think people forget a lot of things. When Covid-19 really reared it's ugly head, there was a prediction of what % of the infected were going to be die to Covid-19, the shutdowns weren't about saving any of those predicted deaths, it was about not having them all getting sick and dying at the same time and overloading the hospitals. It's still a very contagious disease and before people start bitching about the shutdowns, maybe reflect on that shutdowns seem to be working in slowing the spread.
Except the predictions of numbers of fatalities
were supposed to already reflect the shutdowns and social distancing.
Now, to claim we aren't having anywhere near the number of deaths or infections because of the shutdowns is post-hoc justification of wrong models.
The models are wrong. I am not angry about that- an unknown virus is bound to cause all kinds of issues with trying to predict its danger.
So we acted hastily and mistakenly on wrong models. It sucks, but that happens.
My problem is that NOW, it seems no one wants to open things back up because SOME PEOPLE WILL DIE!!!!
Well, yes, and that's going to happen whether we do it now or do it later. The difference will ONLY be in how many people die of starvation, despair, or deprivation due to the economic consequences.
According to the "experts" we can't just beat the virus. Whenever we open back up it will spread again.
If that's the case, then let's do it now to avoid the deaths that economic turmoil will cause.
(And don't get me started on the treating of Strasburg, VA the same as Faifax, VA. Substitute your state's rural and urban areas to apply to your situation.)