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End the lockdown today (April 1) and deal with the consequences?
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Keep the lockdown in effect and deal with the consequences?
"Ending the lockdown" means governments lifting all restrictions on business, large gatherings, flights, and cross-border travel. If you believe the best policy falls somewhere between the two extremes, select the closest option in your own good judgment.
Also note that the question pertains to immediate action. If you believe the lockdown should be lifted, but in a week, two weeks, etc., you should cast your vote for "Keep the lockdown in effect".
Please post your reasoning for your vote, particularly if you vote "End the lockdown", since there are many varied and diverse reasons for wanting the lockdown lifted.
Finally, if you vote "Keep the lockdown in effect" and you have a firm idea of how long the lockdown should last, please post this info. However, please only post the figure if it's a definite amount of time, e.g. "2 weeks", "until May 1", etc., and not an indefinite amount of time, e.g. "as long as it takes", "when the number of new cases has dropped below...", "when the experts say so", etc.
"deal with the consequences". Does anyone even know what those consequences would be without self-quarantining and social distancing? Lock down should be nation-wide except of course for those that live in states like Wyoming who have farms that are 50 miles from the nearest town, and even then that's a 'maybe'.
Stupid poll is stupid.End the lockdown today (April 1) and deal with the consequences?
-or-
Keep the lockdown in effect and deal with the consequences?
"Ending the lockdown" means governments lifting all restrictions on business, large gatherings, flights, and cross-border travel. If you believe the best policy falls somewhere between the two extremes, select the closest option in your own good judgment.
Also note that the question pertains to immediate action. If you believe the lockdown should be lifted, but in a week, two weeks, etc., you should cast your vote for "Keep the lockdown in effect".
Please post your reasoning for your vote, particularly if you vote "End the lockdown", since there are many varied and diverse reasons for wanting the lockdown lifted.
Finally, if you vote "Keep the lockdown in effect" and you have a firm idea of how long the lockdown should last, please post this info. However, please only post the figure if it's a definite amount of time, e.g. "2 weeks", "until May 1", etc., and not an indefinite amount of time, e.g. "as long as it takes", "when the number of new cases has dropped below...", "when the experts say so", etc.
"deal with the consequences". Does anyone even know what those consequences would be without self-quarantining and social distancing? Lock down should be nation-wide except of course for those that live in states like Wyoming who have farms that are 50 miles from the nearest town, and even then that's a 'maybe'.
In my opinion, ending any lock down would have consequences so dire and so horrible that it would devastate this country beyond repair. People that live in more rural parts of the country aren't understanding how horrific it is already in parts of this country. It will spread exponentially without lock down in place. You really don't want to live through what people in the NY, NJ and Ct. area are living though right now.
Presumably an April 1st poll because it's joke? This would be the worst moment to lift the lockdown as the infection rate appears to be reaching it's peak in the US right now.
Anyway, when it is lifted, it should (and necessarily will) be something of a staged process rather than a sudden leap back to normal and in a country as large as the US with different regions impacted very differently, it will likely be something of a state-by-state return to normality too.
:shrug:Only an idiot would want the lockdown lifted today.
Sweden's limited response is not working all that great.
"Off Guardian" is basically an outlet for Russian pseudo-science.
ZeroHedge is not even remotely credible.
The BBC is not made up of idiots. But they are reporting way too soon.None of these people seem like "idiots" to me.
Presumably an April 1st poll because it's joke? This would be the worst moment to lift the lockdown as the infection rate appears to be reaching it's peak in the US right now.
Anyway, when it is lifted, it should (and necessarily will) be something of a staged process rather than a sudden leap back to normal and in a country as large as the US with different regions impacted very differently, it will likely be something of a state-by-state return to normality too.
Ending the lockdown now would be especially stupid. If anything, more states need to lockdown.
End the lockdown today (April 1) and deal with the consequences?
-or-
Keep the lockdown in effect and deal with the consequences?
"Ending the lockdown" means governments lifting all restrictions on business, large gatherings, flights, and cross-border travel. If you believe the best policy falls somewhere between the two extremes, select the closest option in your own good judgment.
Also note that the question pertains to immediate action. If you believe the lockdown should be lifted, but in a week, two weeks, etc., you should cast your vote for "Keep the lockdown in effect".
Please post your reasoning for your vote, particularly if you vote "End the lockdown", since there are many varied and diverse reasons for wanting the lockdown lifted.
Finally, if you vote "Keep the lockdown in effect" and you have a firm idea of how long the lockdown should last, please post this info. However, please only post the figure if it's a definite amount of time, e.g. "2 weeks", "until May 1", etc., and not an indefinite amount of time, e.g. "as long as it takes", "when the number of new cases has dropped below...", "when the experts say so", etc.
"deal with the consequences". Does anyone even know what those consequences would be without self-quarantining and social distancing? Lock down should be nation-wide except of course for those that live in states like Wyoming who have farms that are 50 miles from the nearest town, and even then that's a 'maybe'.
In my opinion, ending any lock down would have consequences so dire and so horrible that it would devastate this country beyond repair. People that live in more rural parts of the country aren't understanding how horrific it is already in parts of this country. It will spread exponentially without lock down in place. You really don't want to live through what people in the NY, NJ and Ct. area are living though right now.
Shutting the country down is just as if not more devastating. Things get ugly quick if they cant keep a roof over their head.
Only an idiot would want the lockdown lifted today. It's in place for a reason, look beyone conspiracy sites or Fox fake 'news'. When the proper authorities and health professionals deem it's safe to lift the lockdown, that's when it should be lifted, no sooner.
How can it possibly be more devastating than losing over 2 million citizens of this country
Thats BS and you damn well know it.
No, it is not bull****, you better get more informed.
In Trump's OWN WORDS!
Donald Trump concedes US Covid-19 death toll could be 100,000 or more - CNNPolitics
Trump said in reference to the historic stimulus package passed by Congress last week. "Because you are talking about a potential of up to 2.2 million and some people said it could even be higher than that. You are talking about 2.2 million deaths. 2.2 million people from this," Trump said.
Will you DARE to call 'BULL****' on Trump? Huh, will you?
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