This is just one man who isn’t “valuable”: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/homeless/he-fought-in-vietnam-now-at-80-he-volunteers-every-day-in-shelters-with-clusters-of-coronavirus/.
There is something wrong with the man in this article, he looks like he's about 50 years old at most. I'm not joking. Even with the the mask on, you can tell he's in EXCEPTIONALLY good shape for his age, and for anywhere from 40 and above. Seriously. I know a 72 year old who is in good shape and my own father is doing well at 77, far better than most, but they don't even come close to this guy. I would say he is the exception, not the rule. More power to him though.
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Something that would have made lockdown easier to maintain was if this virus was killing equal numbers of people from each age group i.e. babies, toddlers, young children, teenagers, 20s, 30s, 40s etc with no concern for pre-existing conditions. That would have truly terrified people. But because data from all over the planet suggests that if you're under 70 years of age with no obvious pre-existing condition you have almost nothing to worry about, lots of folks are angry because they're not in that demographic.
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What's situation with schools re-opening in America? That's still a big debate in the UK, and other countries in Europe are already doing it.
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Are we actually fighting the virus? The global curve hasn't been flattened. Brazil, India and Saudi Arabia (and all the smaller countries that surround those 3) are all basically on fire. I'm convinced the real numbers in places like Indonesia and Malaysia are more like the numbers we're seeing coming out of Brazil and Brazil can't even report properly because of the chaos.
I don't think we're really righting the virus any more. We all know that social distancing, handwashing and not touch your face are the only weapons we actually have. At least 50% of people that end of up on ventilators don't make it. Cautious (I'm one of them for sure) people will continue their own personal lockdowns for many months even once the official restrictions have all but disappeared.
People who are not so cautious are already carrying on as normal because regardless of what anyone says, you cannot effectively enforce 100% compliance with a lockdown from everyone, everywhere, all the time. The governments of the world just don't have the manpower. People know this. they also know that in many places, the penalties for breaking the rules are largely trivial, so they just do what they want.
For example, I've seen loads of people under the age of 30 meeting up in random public places (outside of major urban centers) in cars, on foot, on bicycles, chatting, hanging out, drinking, and guess what happens if the police approach them. They rapidly disperse.
I seriously think that in the UK right now, outside of work/jobs/employment we basically have a full spectrum of lockdowns from full to non-existent, based entirely on personal circumstance and individual judgement. What the government says people should do is no longer really an issue. If they're the kind of people that are going to ignore it and do what they want, they already are. They're just keeping quiet about it.
I guess what I'm saying is, that in the US, UK, Europe and an increasing number of other places (Brazil and Mexico) the price we pay to fight COVID-19 is no longer determined by the government, but by the majority of citizens. Will they maintain the social distancing standards? Or will they ride together in the elevator of doom?