Originally Posted by
WutFace
You have any evidence for this claim? Or is this purely based on a hunch?
Have you ever seen the aftermath of a wildfire? It doesn't burn in a straight line, nor does it burn 100% of the trees and grass. It's splotchy. It burns in waves and changes directions with the winds.
And that's how this virus will spread without intervention. COVID-19 hotspots will travel in waves across the country, hitting and re-hitting the same towns over again. Skipping regions completely only to double back the next season. The idea that "everyone will eventually be infected" will take years. What you think is faster will be much slower, and much more deadly. There's not a single reputable expert on the planet that will advocate for the 'let it ride' zero intervention approach.
"Reputable experts" don't have to answer for the economy. That's like the Captain running the ship aground because the cook recommended that he not turn the ship while they were washing the china.
What is the point of lockdown now? Everybody bought curve flattening, but that's done. Now what?
If everyone getting infected will take years without a lockdown, how long will it take with a lockdown, decades?
You're proposing indefinite lockdown...
Or are we waiting for the vaccine that all the pessimists say will never arrive?