“ ‘Just two weeks’ was perfectly appropriate!” No! (1) Data already existed showing low IFR. But panic spread conflation between IFR and CFR. (2) “Just two weeks” hides within it sudden unchecked authoritarian powers and civil liberties violations. (3) You can’t freeze an economy, even for two weeks. There would be massive economic damage, affecting lives and livelihoods, and disproportionately those with lower incomes.
yes, it was stupid, dangerous and completely unjustifiable under any circumstances. at the time, i had been recently hit by a car and was in a wheelchair for two months, unable to leave my house for reasons that had nothing to do with the pandemic, so i barely noticed it. restaurants here were doing take out and my BF had a weekly rotation of places to go to get us food (i wasn't cooking).
i did listen to press conferences and saw pictures of ghost town NYC, which was surreal. my best friend was in columbia presbyterian where she walked to get a covid test, was raced onto a ventilator and died two weeks later, april 1, 2020.
i kept saying you just can't shut down entire economies every time someone gets sick! and if everyone stays inside forever, don't you think the virus or some virus will be waiting for humanity when they decide to come out?
the answer is to stick with the Constitution, no matter what. there's a reason the Constitution doesn't have an exemption for pandemics. if your solution violates the Bill of Rights, it cannot be considered, end of story, no excuses.
doesn't matter if the disease is deadly, if the vaccines are really safe and effective. if you use coercion of any kind, you are on the road to Auschwitz and the first step on that road is one step too many.
what good are your founding principals and your mission statements if you can find reasons to violate them?
This is fantastic analysis, Doc. Already retweeted several of these tidbits!
yes, it was stupid, dangerous and completely unjustifiable under any circumstances. at the time, i had been recently hit by a car and was in a wheelchair for two months, unable to leave my house for reasons that had nothing to do with the pandemic, so i barely noticed it. restaurants here were doing take out and my BF had a weekly rotation of places to go to get us food (i wasn't cooking).
i did listen to press conferences and saw pictures of ghost town NYC, which was surreal. my best friend was in columbia presbyterian where she walked to get a covid test, was raced onto a ventilator and died two weeks later, april 1, 2020.
i kept saying you just can't shut down entire economies every time someone gets sick! and if everyone stays inside forever, don't you think the virus or some virus will be waiting for humanity when they decide to come out?
the answer is to stick with the Constitution, no matter what. there's a reason the Constitution doesn't have an exemption for pandemics. if your solution violates the Bill of Rights, it cannot be considered, end of story, no excuses.
doesn't matter if the disease is deadly, if the vaccines are really safe and effective. if you use coercion of any kind, you are on the road to Auschwitz and the first step on that road is one step too many.
what good are your founding principals and your mission statements if you can find reasons to violate them?
I have never and will never agree with any lockdown regardless of timeframe.