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There is an area of science called logic, or “if…then” thinking. That science is not being considered to the ruination of may jobs and lives. IF we know that the coronavirus primarily has serious consequences to the elderly and those with existing health issues, THEN quarantine those people. Quarantining everyone is hurting everyone but with little impact on the final outcome.
Physicians have been surprised at the higher than predicted number of patients who became symptomatic or were killed by COVID-19 who were NOT elderly or with high-risk pre-existing conditions. As a health care provider who will have to treat the SURGE of patients that will occur from premature re-opening, I call your “logic” ill-informed and SELFISH. Let’s see how much you celebrate the reopening of the economy after it KILLS some of your loved ones.