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To: Cogito Ergo Sum who wrote (2239)	12/14/2020 6:48:35 PM
From: RetiredNow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2936

Yes, I'd agree with that. Shortening your probable lifespan due to COVID is a COVID death in my layman's opinion too. I guess the main point of our disagreement is that you believe in lockdowns and I do not. I agree lockdowns "work", if your singular goal is to stop the spread of COVID. However, the problems I see are as follows: * If you are under 70 and have no co-morbidities, your chances of dying are very, very small. So most people in that category, if they knew their chances are roughly equivalent to the flu, would not want to give up their life for COVID. I don't either. * locking down this over 70, would accomplish most of the prevention of deaths, since it is the 70 and older folks who are most at risk * locking down has so many other bad consequences that the costs have been overwhelmingly bad So lockdowns are just a bad idea. We simply cannot lockdown our country for another 9 months until the whole population is vaccinated. It would destroy this country. Nothing would be left of our economy. Many people would die of suicide. Our kids and grand children would have permanent mental issues. Kids in particular are being dramatically harmed by these lockdowns and they have essentially a 0% chance of dying from it. Bottom line is this is an older person's virus and it is selfish for us older people to put that burden on the younger generations. Let my people go. Totalitarianism is not the way. Life is for the living. The young must be given their lives back.