@musiclady
I do have to ask, and please answer me straight,...... Has the way this been handled (which you seem to handily support) worth 10 TRILLION dollars to this economy, and possibly economic conditions not seen in this country since 1929-1937? What is that level of possible pain and suffering worth?
We do not yet know what the cost will be, so your number is suspect.
But to answer your question (assuming it's legitimate)...... there is nothing in anything I've said anywhere that says I "handily support" everything about the way this has been handled. I don't.
What I object to is the few here who are dismissing it out of hand because people die all sorts of ways, some may deserve it, anyone who is taking this seriously is some kind of fool, or lemming, or whatever insult you want to level at the majority of Americans.....
The media and the left has been despicable about this, and I do not get ANY of my information from them. NONE of it.
I have been listening to and reading from medical and scientific experts from the beginning. I have been calm, but informed about this pandemic and have listened to the voices of hundreds of conservatives who are also taking this seriously.
Whether or not you think one or two here are overdoing it, the idea of completely dismissing the unique threat this causes to lives and our society, is to me, irresponsible.
I am 70 years old with no comorbidities. I am taking daily walks, but other than that, doing what I believe is the responsible and adult thing to do...... staying home.
Now, this thread is not about me. It's about the pandemic that is taking more and more lives daily and is still on the upswing.
So I'd prefer to keep it that way.
I hope, however, that I have answered your questions and corrected your incorrect assumptions about people who are concerned about the health and well being of every single American who might be affected by this insidious, unprecedented zoonotic disease.