In another post menber Feets said he tested positive with only slight symptoms weeks ago and only recently received test results due to contact info error. He mentioned he was respectful to his elderly folks and I assume others even though he did not know. I know some people stay home when they are sick, and we all have worked with people who come to work or events sick (and can spread whatever they have). I feel the numbers of ill/deaths would have been reduced had people known there was an illness about early on, and everyone had been respectful of sequestering themselves. Throwing a wet blanket over society to squelch out the virus spread is a common process much like having rules like speed limits. i.e. 85% of people drive a speed that is reasonable and prudent, and 15% exceed. Unfortunately a higher % of sick people do not stay home and mix with society, we see them all the time. Throw in asymptomatic, or slight symptom people that unknowingly spread the virus and this is why there is a societal problem of indescriminate spread. Again without widespread or even universal testing we will never know when it will be appropriate to safely lift restrictions. Right now society seems poised as a medical experiment.
It was appropriate weeks ago when the expert's models turned out to be crap and millions of people weren't going to die. Except for a few "Petri dishes" like NYC, it's not been an issue. People get the flu all the time. Old people, people with COPD and fat people die of pneumonia all the time. The difference is now we have a boogieman to use to panic the public. Lots and lots of folks are taking advantage of that fact and are doing everything they can to string it out as long as possible.
If the results don't match the theory, change the theory.
