The only thing we have to fear is fear itself. Wise words from not too long ago.
I am appalled at the blatant disregard for life through the label of "non-essential". No elected body in the US has ever been granted the power to determine what is and what is not essential no matter how many lawyers may jump in to argue otherwise.
I am not surprised at the split-brain government reaction to protect "health" by destroying it. People are not just laboratory specimens that are to be protected from every new strain of illness by separating them through the use of "social distancing" or "laws" to wear masks or take "medicine/vaccine" to thwart off annual mutations. We are thinking, feeling, loving, and emotional beings that need the freedom to interact without being constrained by the fears of others. We can not have brave people if everyone is being told they have to live in the same fear as others.
I am horrified that people claim compassion while simply swinging negative results from one side of the human equation to the other side and verbally abusing their friends who disagree with the current non-scientific path that we are on. This is the execution of an "experiment" regarding an untested singular hypothesis where any finding that goes against the narrative is being thrown out by the "scientists" and politicians regardless of the p-value. Again, that is not science. If science was being used then both the null and alternative hypothesis would have already been thrown out as incorrect. But instead the original course of action is being stuck to as propaganda is greater than science. What reason can their be to stick to this over-reaction other than to grow fear, division, and the power of government and "medicine"?
Consensus is not a part of the scientific method. Observing and extrapolating is not science it is conjecture. "Close enough" is not a scientific term. Validation and rejection are parts of the process. History has shown us repeatedly that "we have to do something" and "I was just following orders" are not acceptable excuses.
People who have been clinging to hope that Florida will re-open by the end of April are now experiencing sadness and anger at this government's inability to overcome fear, not succumb to lobbyists, and not cause more harm to the very people they think they are trying to keep safe.
Why are you allowing fear to paralyze us? I'm not afraid and I'm tired of being told I need to be. A virus with a demonstrated 0.12% - 0.20% infection to death rate (which is probably actually lower considering all those who have not been tested) is not something to shutdown over. Control states and countries who did not shut-down are showing the world that we over-reacted. Basing policy on the miserable way that Italy handled their medical rationing is not rational. Protect our at-risk population? Yes! Give them quarantine options? Yes! Wreck our ability to sustain our population? No! Force people who are not at-risk to stop living? No!
Why are we medical rationing here? Why are people being denied life-saving "elective" procedures?
I do not condone nor submit to the decisions of a task force as they do not represent me. End this state of emergency and let the people work out how we need to deal with this health issue without the force of government involved. I know we would do well as we all want to survive and government is not essential for that.
Enough with the fear mongering and conjecture that there may never be a cure for this virus - we are here to live and no amount of money thrown into pharmaceutical or new hospitals is going to give us a 100% survival rate of life. Government's proper role is not to keep us safe from disease which they cannot control but rather from our rights being trampled on.
Marc
The response?
No surprise there! Government is the solution? No, government is a bottle-neck that has outlived it's usefulness. Quit using force as a way of life, people!
