Half the pilots on this board believe there’s been an overreaching government response to CV (that includes me). The other half think the first half is a bunch of dumb@$$es and that we need to do more quarantining.

At first it was “flatten the curve.” Now it’s “no restriction is too great if it saves one life.”

There will never be a vaccine (CV morphs too quickly to have an effective vaccine). Hundreds of thousands, if not millions, will die if we go down the herd immunity path-the media will paralyze the American people with fear.

IMO, this response in this political climate is the path to universal basic income. “The government said I had to stay home and couldn’t work, therefore the government is responsible for paying my salary.” If the Dems do well in Nov, look for AOC and the gang to begin implementing the Green New Deal. They could never persuade us to adopt the GND, but in the name of “personal safety” (ala CV-19), they can impose the GND on us. No room for airline careers (good salaries and benefits) in the GND.

Im in a pessimistic mood tonight. I’ll feel better after some sleep. But this is my fear of where this could go.