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Originally Posted by Dean Romig
The talking heads on the “news” shows keep saying it’s about money and greed that we want to get businesses open and people back to work but it’s not that at all - it’s about the future of our nation! 250 years ago there was also an enormous crisis that would determine the future of our nation and a lot of patriots put their lives on the line... for the future of this nation.
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The deliberate destruction of the economy creates a health crisis greater than the virus going forward. Millions of unemployed lose health insurance for themselves and their families. Routine medical care not being done means prolonged suffering, conditions worsening and conditions going undetected. The stay home order puts more people at risk for domestic violence, leads to more alcoholism and illicit drug use, more depression and anxiety, more mental health treatment not happening or never started, more eating and less exercise and finally more suicides just to name a few things.
You can't hide from a virus. Social distancing only flattens the curve, the same number of people get sick, it just spreads out the time frame.
As one intelligent and practical MD I like says, cloth masks are a placebo, if you are using gloves shopping thinking that's better than just washing your hands you are an idiot (his words not mine). Don't touch your face, that means don't use your phone, who does that?
Wash your hands, try not to rub your eyes or touch your face unless they are clean, get your rest, eat right, take your vitamins. Live your life, it's short anyways and understand you will come contact with the virus, it doesn't mean you will get sick and if you do it doesn't mean you will die.