China locks down 100 million again....

Don't say nobody told you this time.....

I wonder if we can go back into another lock-down on a wide scale.  What is happening here is that the schools have gone back (for a short two week period before our early summer holidays), and every day there are reports in the news about various schools that have had to go back into lock-down/quarantine as cases will spread.  But they have not gone back to a nation-wide lock-down of schools.  

Maybe, it is OK not to have a wide lock-down again IF small local ones can be started at need (and if people obey them). The problem might be if there is economic pressure to prevent for example schools closing (so parents can get to work) or prevent factories shutting for deep cleaning.

It boggles my mind that so many Americans won’t take the steps required to help slow this thing .  You’d think they’d do whatever it takes to stop this but no.   My liberties have been infringed by suggesting I wear a mask.   Such a small inconvenience

 Everyone is out for their own personal satisfaction.  Instant gratification etc...       they have no idea what’s happening in the 3 rd world.   What I wouldn’t give to have every single one spend a week somewhere without all the luxuries they have now

WitchMisspelled wrote: But at least they're doing the right thing.  The whining here will be deafening when municipalities start locking down again.

Thanks, WM, I agree! 

The damn small restaurant and bar owners are really ticking me off, agitating for reopening etc.  Didn't they buy disaster insurance for events like this?  Would they be re-opening if they were in the middle of a flood or hurricane or tornado vs. pandemic that cannot be seen/felt? 

Fine, let them reopen their supper clubs and saloons in Wisconsin, Texas etc.  My wife and I are staying far, far away from the madding crowd and hoi polloi.   When case counts begin to soar again (give it a couple of incubation periods, say 3-4 weeks), states will try to lock down again, and the assault rifles will really come out to play.  Sad but true.

KiwiMum wrote: Emswally wrote: It boggles my mind that so many Americans won’t take the steps required to help slow this thing .  You’d think they’d do whatever it takes to stop this but no.   My liberties have been infringed by suggesting I wear a mask.   Such a small inconvenience  Everyone is out for their own personal satisfaction.  Instant gratification etc...       they have no idea what’s happening in the 3 rd world.   What I wouldn’t give to have every single one spend a week somewhere without all the luxuries they have now I'm tempted to say let's hope they all catch it then and that'll teach them, but it's all the incidental people that they'll take down with them, the people who work in cafes and shops, supermarkets and service industries. If only the stupid idiots could catch this then it really would be a case of survival of the fittest, but unfortunately Covid 19 is not that discriminating. What a pity.

As an American, I've had similar thoughts.  Being a Protestant (non-evangelical), I find pangs of guilt when I think... good!  Let them get what they ask for.  And they're asking for it.  

Most of those services still run.  Re open the rest and, in adition to the increasing risks to you and yours, you INCREASE the risks to those essential workers.

Help protect those who helped you.  Or did they do it - risking their lives - just so you could get your nails done?

Natural selection in action,the weak and foolish will get sick,and die....

Darwin my hero.....