Originally Posted by
BrunoLawerence
Or perhaps this presents a strong argument for a living wage, paid sick leave, and universal health care. Someone outside of this pandemic with a regular full time job barely living paycheck to paycheck gets sick or injured, can't go to work, has no savings to cover medical expenses, has to choose between paying his rent/mortgage vs. medications. How familiar of a story is this in our everyday society? Why no outrage then? Seems like our current level of outrage regarding this only matters when it is convenient for our world views.
One other question I do have. It seems like a lot of people are still comparing this to the flu and are ok with a certain number of people dying from/with this virus. I can understand that viewpoint, bt what I would like to know is where do we draw the line. At what level of lethality would it take to change opinions and believe the shelter in place guidelines were worth it? 2X that of the flue? 5X, 10X? Where is the line drawn?
Are these asymptomatic carriers capable of spreading it to others, and is it possible these others may wind up in the ICU? If so, this isn't exactly comforting. Personally I would prefer carriers to have some symptoms. It is much easier to contain that way.