Originally Posted by
Thor
Cancer, twinkies, bourbon, and smoking is YOUR choice and to my knowledge none of those are contagious.
COVID is highly virulent, maybe you’ve heard that? Supporting reopening the economy without testing, monitoring, or effective treatment based on a straw man just makes you an a-hole.
It is quite possible COVID-19 is already endemic, especially in metropolitan areas in the Northeast United States.
https://www.masslive.com/coronavirus...s-shelter.html
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/04/...e-coronavirus/
If it isn't yet endemic, with numbers shown in the above two studies it will likely become endemic in a matter of days or weeks. Social distancing, isolation and lockdowns become less effective as the disease spreads, at a point herd immunity begins to become effective -- the best estimates with COVID-19 are 50-70% per the latest science.
By the time comprehensive testing can be established, my guess is that it will effectively be useless. This virus has spread much faster than man can study or react to it.