The problem is that governments are just issuing increasingly unhinged rules without any kind of oversight
“An ongoing thread cataloging excessively-harsh enforcement of lockdowns. 1.”
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The archive doesn't capture everything, but it gives you an idea. We're supposed to exercise, but if too many people go out and exercise, well then the government yells at us for crowding the parks. We've got cops yelling at people for sitting in the park and not walking in the park. We're supposed to stock up on food for two weeks., but then you get people on Twitter complaining about "Karens" hoarding food. Are we supposed to go to the store an buy items and risk spreading the disease, or are we supposed to buy things from Amazon which is putting the Amazon workers at risk for the disease.
The lockdowns were necessary because there were models showing that without the lockdowns the death rate would be horrific and we needed to flatten the curve. Now the death rates are lower than predicted even with the lockdowns, which is proof that the lockdowns are working and also that we need to make the lockdowns even harsher because no one is even following the rules of lockdown. When will we lift the lockdowns? Who knows? Who cares? Victory will be achiedved when there are no Coronovirus cases anywhere or when there's a vaccine, which may be here in 18 months or two years or never. You don't like the lockdowns? Surely you're not suggesting people go out and die for the Dow Jones, other than the ones that we're sending out to deliver our packages. Maybe you want someone's grandmother to die.
I'm all for discussing this, but the problem is that discussion is not forthcoming. Is anyone voting on these restrictions anywhere? Is anyone in power discussing whether a particular rule makes any sense? This was in the New York times recently -
Evidence from around the world shows that stay-at-home orders take us only so far.
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The army just closed up a field hospital in Seattle after three days without seeing any patients, but now we're discussing people removing people from their homes if they test positive for Coronavirus. The only thing more depressing than this is the comments from people suggesting this isn't harsh enough. I think the at this point the question is if there's any policy proposal that goes too far. Is there anything that would be completely unacceptable, and more importantly, would we get any say in it? If privacy is not an option anymore, then let's talk about it. If we need to monitor everyone's cellphone forever, let's at least put it to a vote. If I need my passport to go from Pennsylvania to New Jersey, then just tell me that. But we're not being treated like citizens of republic, we're being treated like disobedient children.
There is no plan beyond throwing millions of people out of work due to shuttering businesses and having people inform on each other for breaking whatever ridiculous rule our nation's governors have come up with on a particular day. Coronavirus is not killing the amount of people they said it would, and our rulers are too scared to back off on the lockdowns because then people might start getting upset that all the sacrifices were unnecessary. Here's what Andrew Cuomo said on Rudy Guliani's radio show a couple days ago -
The exchange between the longtime New York pols was all 'mister' and 'thank you'
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Cuomo's making noise about opening businesses and schools again too. Everyone knows they can't keep this going on forever. It's relying on the good will of the American public which is dwindling. Unless they give everyone a universal basic income starting yesterday or give some clear goals as to when we can all stop being under house arrest, expect riots and looting pretty goddamned soon.