QUOTE=ShyGuy;3055370]Doctor's don't care about the economy or economic damage, which can have devastating effects on human lives too (including deaths).[/QUOTE]
I mostly agree with you....
Yes, typically doctors look at a problem and it's solutions from a strictly medical point of view. Just like senior military generals however, if a doctor goes high up enough in the food chain to the point where he starts interacting with policy makers and politicians, eventually he might be required find a solution to a medical problem that is weighted by some political/economic considerations.
I think you're seeing this in real time with this Pandemic:
Politicians want to lift lock downs earlier than doctors would like and the doctors having to make adjustments for this reality.
Or taking short cuts (I mean that in a good way) towards finding a vaccine.
Originally Posted by
ShyGuy
That aside my only question is regarding this:
"robust program of testing, isolating and contact tracing as was recommended by the medical/scientific community."
Do you really believe this country of 330 million will all be willing to line up and accept testing and contact tracing? There's a huge don't tread on me crowd in this country. I just don't see everyone agreeing to a nationwide testing and tracing program. A lot of people don't trust the government and quite frankly seeing how a global viral pandemic has become politicized, I can't say I blame them.
I didn't say what I believe or didnt believe about the American public's reaction to Testing, Isolation, and Contact Tracing (TICT) but yes, given how divided we are, that would definitely be a challenge.
I do believe in the scientific explanation about the options available absent a vaccine and I know that the virus doesn't care about one's politics, race, religion, ideology, age or if you have an underlying condition.
We as Americans however are free to inject any of those consideration, as well as anything else we choose, including our own economic viability, into the calculus about whether TICTs is something we'd be willing to participate in or not