Uncontrolled viral spread is creating mutated variants of COVID.
These variants may drive reinfections; may become vaccine-resistant; may be more deadly; may be more infectious...
Safety precautions while staying open can only go so far. We've seen it in NY.
We must lock down
These variants may drive reinfections; may become vaccine-resistant; may be more deadly; may be more infectious...
Safety precautions while staying open can only go so far. We've seen it in NY.
We must lock down
In order to lock down, our federal government and state governments must step in and provide aid.
People will need at least $2k-a-month. Rent, mortgages, debt will have to be frozen and forgiven. The unhoused will have to be housed.
These are doable. But they require will.
People will need at least $2k-a-month. Rent, mortgages, debt will have to be frozen and forgiven. The unhoused will have to be housed.
These are doable. But they require will.
This crisis is what government exists for. The private sector is incapable of leading the way out of it. Efforts to keep government limited have hamstrung our efforts so far and may have already ensured this virus becomes seasonal.
But we must try--must throw everything at it.
But we must try--must throw everything at it.
It's very simple: We lock down until we can get a real vaccination program at least well underway--preferrably until we have reached critical mass with vaccinations.
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