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Originally Posted by ASAP
Do we?
1) risk everything and open everything? Isolate only the vulnerable?
2) close down and spiral into the great depression?
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Consider what we already know about covid - which is obviously not everything, but a lot, like mortality rate, age and pre-existing conditions stats, - and:
3) open everything but create safe mechanisms for vulnerable groups, riskier environments, etc. Require masks - regardless of their effectiveness or lack of thereof, they make ppl
feel safe. Accommodate paranoid and high risk/vulnerable folks - distant learning for students, remote work for employees, food deliveries, etc. (and it should be noted most of it is already in place). Promote healthier lifestyles (again, nothing new, but now is a perfect opportunity to significantly advance it). And - most importantly! - stop politicizing it, which I hope mostly goes away starting next week.
Yes, there will be covid deaths in foreseeable future, and yes, there will be many unhappy, but so is the price we as a society have to accept. If Australia wants to stay locked down, it's their choice. Just watch how much longer their citizens will tolerate it when the rest of the world - or at least part of it - returns to normal and the dooms day doesn't happen.