... and *THAT* is so bleedin’ obvious that it beggars belief that it still needs repeating.
Alan Klein,
please, please - read more, post less.
What needs repeating is that those who are fearful can stay inside, like you are suggesting for the entire population. Put in measures to make it easier for those who need to, to get services that allow them to do so, like food delivery. If staying inside works so well to keep the elderly from catching it, than it should not matter if only they stay inside or if everyone does. But only the former allows people to get back on to living, whereas the latter punishes everyone.
All this makes me think of a recent job I did in a Jamaican neighborhood. I was outside in front of an old run down store capturing a super wide pano of the street. Anyway, the sidewalk in front of this store has become the neighborhood hang out since no one is using the store front anymore (typical city life FYI). About 15 people were out there in folding chairs, most 50 or older, smoking weed, passing it back and forth, a couple had flasks, there was an intense domino game happening, none with any masks on. I had a mask on initially, but took it off after seeing this, because, what's the point. It turns out, many in the hood liked my Akubra hat, came over to talk to me and shake my hand like the last 6 months had never happened; I did not refuse them. Two of the production people came, and same deal. The DP showed up and same deal.
Point being, no body wants lockdowns anymore except for White Liberal Elites, the same people everyone in the country ended up voting against in 2016, and you guys are doing it all over again. Not just with this either, but all the defund the Police talk too; 80% of blacks want policing to remain the same or increased.
As Elon Musk recently put it, "the Left is losing the middle."