Name:   MartiniMan - Subject:   Who To Believe Date:   6/17/2020 8:12:55 AM (updated 6/17/2020 8:35:17 AM)

Of course the number of cases are going to go up as the shelter in place rules are relaxed.  Every single state is projecting an increase in cases.  The entire point of the shelter in place and rationale for shutting down the economy was to not overwhelm the hospital system......the magical flattening the curve.  I think in hindsight we now know that had we taken less extreme measures we would have easily accomplished that goal and had we focused the more extreme measures on the elderly and those with co-morbidities we would have gotten the same result and frankly would have never decimated the economy.  Only people who want the economy to suffer for partisan political reasons or scientific illiterates believe that shelter in place or other measures are meant to do anything else.

And note that of the 3,100 counties in the country a grand total of 11 or 2% have seen a significant increase in cases.  So focus on them and leave the rest of us alone.

So understand this Goofy, cases are going to rise and because of the extreme measures we will see a prolonged curve of cases and deaths.  That is how viruses behave.  And sadly, but understandably in hindsight, the flattening of the curve has pretty much ensured the virus will return in the fall as there will be no herd immunity and no vaccine.  Let's hope there are effective treatment regimens that will allow us to go about our business without politicians acting stupidly.......like I said, this will be a crisis until the first Tuesday in November.