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To: arun gera who wrote (164170)	10/23/2020 9:48:01 AM
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Try comparing the US to Sweden for a moment. Lockdowns are difficult to do right and highly dependent on the willingness of the participation of the population. A failed lockdown is worse than no lockdown at all. Enormous expense for little or no gain. How many failed lockdowns have there been across the globe and what cost? CDC should have understood the US population better and implemented a policy based on that. When a doctor prescribes a treatment they take into consideration not only how effective the treatment is, but also the chances of the patient following the treatment. It is one reason why that diseases with very effect treatments of dietary changes and exercise are instead usually treated less effectively with drugs. The blame with the failure in the US rests squarely on the shoulders of the CDC and Dr Fauci for not recognizing this. Blaming Trump and his supporters (aka blaming expected/predictable US societal behavior response) is like blaming the wind. Although I agree that treatment has improved in some regions over time this statement "Time has already told" is basically bullshit. One, the best treatment was basically known very early from Chinese experience. It was just that some places were slow to learn from it and implement it because of their broken, dollar, driven healthcare systems. Two, places with very low deaths per million that managed to stop the spread and are far from herd immunity remain vulnerable to outbreaks. That is all I will say on this topic as most people are too religiously on one side of the fence or the other. Meaningful conversation are rare, but there is a bright spot that maybe some debate is finally starting...which was the point that started this thread. You, yourself, seem to be firmly entrenched in your view. Myself I can say that was a strong advocate for locking down and implemented my own lockdown before there was any official recommendations and before the virus ever reached the shores of the US. But over time as the data and the info rolled in, I reversed course. And though it is possible that I may reverse opinion again once enough time has passed and more data comes in from places like New Zealand, I highly doubt it. As most likely any gains made by the vast majority of lockdowns will outweigh the enormous costs.