Coronavirus deaths are increasing

[Mark TKO]

We’re way of peaking.

And there’ll be a second strain of this thing to follow that’s maybe worse.

Lockdown till September minimum.

No way will there be any commercial air travel till at least next spring.

Life as we know it is over.

If we can’t get shit going by May many economists are talking about a depression hitting us.

No chance May. No chance

[walrus]

We’re way of peaking.

And there’ll be a second strain of this thing to follow that’s maybe worse.

Lockdown till September minimum.

No way will there be any commercial air travel till at least next spring.

Life as we know it is over.

If we can’t get shit going by May many economists are talking about a depression hitting us.

No chance May. No chance

The US is a big country. There are things we can do. Does it makes since to treat the entire country like NY or other hot spots. We have many areas with very low to no cases. Can we start opening up businesses in these areas. Why treat the upper peninsula of Minnesota the same as NYC. I don’t foresee a complete reopening by May either but something gotta happen. People are going to, and are getting nailed financially. If we can safely start opening some areas in a month perhaps we should. At least get some people back to normalcy.

[Mark TKO]

thats the thing - we are saying that here about London and maybe treating it differently.

Not sure what the answer is

[Master]

Just get back to concentrating on containing the virus including any second wave. Forget about any end date because people will get stupid and start spreading it again.

[TitoFan]

We’re way of peaking.

And there’ll be a second strain of this thing to follow that’s maybe worse.

Lockdown till September minimum.

No way will there be any commercial air travel till at least next spring.

Life as we know it is over.

If we can’t get shit going by May many economists are talking about a depression hitting us.

No chance May. No chance

The US is a big country. There are things we can do. Does it makes since to treat the entire country like NY or other hot spots. We have many areas with very low to no cases. Can we start opening up businesses in these areas. Why treat the upper peninsula of Minnesota the same as NYC. I don’t foresee a complete reopening by May either but something gotta happen. People are going to, and are getting nailed financially. If we can safely start opening some areas in a month perhaps we should. At least get some people back to normalcy.

This would take an enormous amount of coordination, logistics, and leadership. Not just talking about Trump here, but is the country capable of pulling off something like this? I understand about the extremely rural parts of the country, including farm land and sparsely populated regions. What's needed for NYC, Chicago, LA, New Orleans, and others isn't necessarily what is needed in Montana, Wyoming, etc. But it would have to be done carefully and with the utmost precision, lest that second wave mentioned by @Master becomes a reality. The country can't afford a restart of the crisis.

[Freedom]

If people are more careful, we can get this under control.

What annoys me is that some (usually young) people won't go along with the distancing rules and are careless, not taking it seriously at all.

It may not kill young people at a high rate, but if they catch it, they will likely be sicker than they've ever been in their lives. And it the misery continues for about three weeks, about twice as long as regular influenza, which goes on for about ten days.