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Old 04-10-2020, 08:45 AM   #3511
Ben E Lou
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Originally Posted by panerd View Post
What if the stay at home stuff is too effective? I mean let's say 10-20% have gotten the virus but close to 80% have not? When can the stay at home order ever end? Isn't the conclusion that the flattening the curve is really to save the strain on hospitals and eventually everyone will be exposed to this virus? (unless you do stay at home until the vaccine comes out)

This isn't some economy argument and certainly isn't an argument that Trump is doing something right. Just not sure I'm understanding the end game or if there is an end game here.
I've thought about this point as well. For people who want to open everything up ASAP, it would seem that the ideal is that as many people get the virus as the health system can deal with, but not one more.
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