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I don't think that's the sad part personally. A lot of people have died, a lot of people have lost loved ones, and some are getting a strong feeling of deja vu with the delta variant. People are advocating something as admittedly extreme as keeping everyone isolated because some of the countries that have handled it the best have been those that have had some of the strictest lockdowns. And it does make sense that the best way to stop a virus would be to limit possible transmission as much as possible.
I do agree that it sucks to be stuck inside and humans are social animals, and it would be alright as long as people are responsible, but in America's case for sure I don't feel we can trust the general public to be responsible. We've seen delta on the rise, we're worried about other variants, and hospitals are overflowing again and people are being *turned away*. This should not be happening, *again*. There are multiple factors involved, of course, but there's certainly an argument that America could have/be focused more on eliminating the threat of the virus to prevent more deaths than focusing on returning to normalcy and risk having a rise in cases and deaths.
I'm not saying those who wish to return to normalcy are a problem, or even those that have been going outside for recreational reasons are too. But to do so everyone needs to be responsible and as we can see, that's not happening.
That being said, do I think America has a political climate that would support a lockdown that severe? No, I really don't. I think any attempt to force that would be met with hostility and it's just not realistic anymore, especially with how they've handled the pandemic thus far.
As someone who's high-risk for complications with COVID-19, along with a majority of my family and loved ones who are as well, I would have been on board with longer lockdowns at the very least. Everybody I knew felt the lockdown was ending too early for us and hoping people would be responsible, but hey, people need to go to Disneyland I guess.
Comment by Ancient_Boner_Forest at 31/08/2021 at 03:55 UTC
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because some of the countries that have handled it the best have been those that have had some of the strictest lockdowns.
We literally see nothing of the sort when comparing states that locked down severely and states that did not.
Why is Florida in the middle of deaths per capita when they didn’t lock down at all and are full of old people?
This was surprising to me, and it clearly does not back up your narrative.
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/
Comment by Left4DayZ1 at 31/08/2021 at 00:07 UTC*
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It doesn’t just suck to be stuck inside, we have data now linking the isolation with increase drug overdoses, domestic abuse, depression and even suicide. If you’ve been in public at all in the last year, you can see it- people are going absolutely bat shit insane at an alarming rate.
There is a cost to the message that it’s too dangerous to be outside *at all* when we should merely be telling people to keep their distance, mask up and utilize barriers when near others, and of course, get fucking vaccinated. Literally confining people to their homes like in Australia is fucking *insane*.