Post by bandito2 on May 17, 2020 2:48:50 GMT -5
Totally isolating is probably the only thing to make one sure of not contracting the virus.
That notion is unreasonable as it is essentially imprisonment... that is untenable and not
realistic; and more succinctly for all practical purposes, just not possible.
Out side of having a vaccination (which may never become a reality) or the virus dying off
on its own, or enough immunity (post recovery) actually occurring throughout the population,
the virus will continue to be a threat to potential viable hosts.
The idea behind isolation practices (whether voluntary or not) was to bend the infection rate
curve down. That was and still is only an implementation of a means to prevent an overload
and overwhelming of hospital services, care and resources. It was not and never could be used
as a means to stop the virus... because it can't; it could only slow the inevitable spread of
the disease. That effect has been already happening as evidenced by several indicators... the
lowering rates of infection, lowering rates of death... and damned near empty hospitals, some
even shut down for lack of COVID SARS patients. Sure, there are still some problem areas, but
overall, things are less severe than they were at the peak.
The time and circumstances for continued panic and excessive fear are over. No sane, logical
and reasonable society should ever have quarantined a healthy populace along with the sick in
the first place. The proper thing to have done was and still is, to isolate/quarantine the
sick and obvious vulnerable and isolate others when they become infected. Then the rest should
be able to continue as normal since they are less likely to be as severely affected if and when
they do become infected. Most of the deaths that have occurred, have happened the most to that
subset of the population that had other comorbid factors; elderly, those with heart and pulmonary
disease, diabetes, cancer patients, transplant patients, those with compromised immune systems
etc. The vulnerable should be protected until an effective vaccine becomes available (if that
becomes a reality) and/or if effective as possible treatments become more available.
There is no sane or reasonable reason to try to keep things locked down waiting fore a cure that
may never come. There is no cure for the common cold caused by a virus, but there are treatments
to mitigate symptoms; ditto for other viruses like HIV which has no cure but has treatments.
That notion is unreasonable as it is essentially imprisonment... that is untenable and not
realistic; and more succinctly for all practical purposes, just not possible.
Out side of having a vaccination (which may never become a reality) or the virus dying off
on its own, or enough immunity (post recovery) actually occurring throughout the population,
the virus will continue to be a threat to potential viable hosts.
The idea behind isolation practices (whether voluntary or not) was to bend the infection rate
curve down. That was and still is only an implementation of a means to prevent an overload
and overwhelming of hospital services, care and resources. It was not and never could be used
as a means to stop the virus... because it can't; it could only slow the inevitable spread of
the disease. That effect has been already happening as evidenced by several indicators... the
lowering rates of infection, lowering rates of death... and damned near empty hospitals, some
even shut down for lack of COVID SARS patients. Sure, there are still some problem areas, but
overall, things are less severe than they were at the peak.
The time and circumstances for continued panic and excessive fear are over. No sane, logical
and reasonable society should ever have quarantined a healthy populace along with the sick in
the first place. The proper thing to have done was and still is, to isolate/quarantine the
sick and obvious vulnerable and isolate others when they become infected. Then the rest should
be able to continue as normal since they are less likely to be as severely affected if and when
they do become infected. Most of the deaths that have occurred, have happened the most to that
subset of the population that had other comorbid factors; elderly, those with heart and pulmonary
disease, diabetes, cancer patients, transplant patients, those with compromised immune systems
etc. The vulnerable should be protected until an effective vaccine becomes available (if that
becomes a reality) and/or if effective as possible treatments become more available.
There is no sane or reasonable reason to try to keep things locked down waiting fore a cure that
may never come. There is no cure for the common cold caused by a virus, but there are treatments
to mitigate symptoms; ditto for other viruses like HIV which has no cure but has treatments.
