plawolf
Lieutenant General
Except we live in a connected, shared world. One person’s choices never just affect him/herself alone.
In America, as like most of the world, there simply isn’t the infrastructure or capabilities to provide home deliveries for everyone. That means no lockdown can be absolute, and people will need to come out eventually for essential supplies or they starve.
If idiots and/or the government has totally given up on trying to contain this outbreak, then even those who are careful and responsible will find themselves in significant danger if the virus isn’t effectively contained before they supplies runs out, and many of them will get infected and die because of the stupidity and selfishness of others.
If the moral arguments alone cannot sway people, maybe speaking their language of greed will be more effective?
Right now the whole world is pursuing containment at massive social and economic costs on top of the human cost in lives lost.
If the EU manages to contain the virus like China and much of Asia in a few months time (as most of them are now appearing to be no track to do except for the UK, who just Brexited anyways), and the virus is still raging out of control in the US with zero credible roadmap to contain it, does anyone honestly think the Europeans will trash all their earlier efforts by continuing with business as usual with the US?
No, the US is going to be shunned and cut off and put in quarantine while the rest of the world starts to go back to normal. The Europeans sure won’t like it, but they will like a second or third wave of COVID19 even less.
How much do you think that is going to cost America directly and indirectly?
If you factor in the probably future costs of whelching on containment now, there really is no contest. Would be like someone throwing away a bag of gold to save a grain of rice.
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