Republican South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott said at Tuesday’s Senate hearing that while America has done a “pretty good job” of flattening the curve of the coronavirus outbreak, the “goalposts” for moving beyond lockdowns have kept moving.
Adverse effects of continued lockdowns are being ignored, Scott said.
The senator added that “when we set out to flatten the curve by taking aggressive, unprecedented measures like staying-at-home orders and mass small business closures, we didn’t set out with the goal of preventing 100% of fatalities. That would be unrealistic. It is impossible.”
“And we didn’t set out to keep quarantines in place until we found a safe and effective vaccine. That would take too long,” he said.
The “whole point” of flattening the curve “was to make sure that we did not exceed hospital capacity. So, while I respect the need for caution, we are too often presented with a false dichotomy — either saving our economy or saving lives,” Scott continued.
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Watch how quick now after the GOP wins yesterday in CA and Wisconsin the democrat states suddenly flip on "it's for your health and safety" and start reopening states.
ReplyDeleteAs the numbers go up each week, they keep raising the ceiling. The unfortunate people forget about is those that suffered and have passed. It is too easy to look at numbers and forget people with loved one's are attached to those.
ReplyDeleteThe financial reset has nothing to do with a curve or a virus.
ReplyDeletewho gives a god damn, they are "supposedly opening up..." What you should ask is, how can all of these states open at the same time, when some where "supposedly hit harder" than other states with this CV-19... Sounds planned to me!!!! And ask, why are the numbers no longer being published huh???> why????
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