Americans cry out: Quarantine the most vulnerable and let the rest get back to work!
March 22, 2020 | Vivek Saxena
A growing contingent of right-wing and left-wing voices are warning of the genuine doom that awaits America if state and local lawmakers continue shutting down “non-essential businesses†and robbing Americans of the right to earn a living.
While these critics all acknowledge the risks posed by the global coronavirus pandemic itself, they argue that more precise “surgical strikes†are needed versus the carpet-bomb quarantines, lockdowns and shutdowns currently being pursued. For instance, imagine just those infected by the coronavirus or at higher risk of contracting it being quarantined versus entire cities and states.
“We routinely differentiate between two kinds of military action: the inevitable carnage and collateral damage of diffuse hostilities, and the precision of a ‘surgical strike,’ methodically targeted to the sources of our particular peril. The latter, when executed well, minimizes resources and unintended consequences alike,†David L. Katz, the founding director of the Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center, wrote last Friday for The New York Times.
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