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People Are Not Lambs to Be Slaughtered at the Altar of Economy
[Red State] - Last night, Donald Trump’s team unveiled its guidelines for states that wished to re-open their economies to the working public. It is, without a doubt, a step in the right direction, as it gives us a clear plan and allows for local control of the move to get American citizens safely back to work.Of course, for some people, it is either simply not fast enough or just a reminder that it didn’t have to happen at all, public health experts be damned. Backseat drivers of Civilization One of the more alarming opinions you see floating around social media, often shouted through the megaphones of pundits who have largely ignored or attacked the experts, is that the illnesses and deaths we would see from reopening the economy immediately are a necessary risk we have to take for the greater good. The people who make statements like this would also call themselves "pro-life," though sacrificing human life and calling it a victory for the economy is truthfully no better than sacrificing the unborn and calling it a victory for women’s rights. You are dehumanizing some for the greater good of all. The idea that you are "destroying America" by not opening the country up immediately is absurd. The country has survived worse, and will continue to survive despite this. ...At no point has any sane person suggested keeping the economy shut down forever. That is as impossible as expecting life to continue the way it did before this virus was unleashed on us. I’ve said before that we need a plan, and it appears the Trump team once again listened to their health and economic experts and developed a good one. We can’t just open up overnight. That would create an even worse surge of infection than we’ve already gone through once. To say "Damn the risks!" and go full speed into re-opening right now is reckless and will result in more getting sick and dying. And, yes, I am fully aware that recessions and depressions will also result in human suffering. This is not an ideal situation. But the risks of causing this virus to surge again outweigh the risks of the economy staying closed another two weeks. Americans can survive that, and we can rebuild from that. We can’t rebuild from a plague devastating our population, which is what we risk. Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2020-04-17 |
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