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Dr. Sean Gabb (Richard Blake):

In the short term, we are looking at a repeat of the 1930s on steroids. I did think, when the lockdown started, that it would be a brief supply shock, followed by an immediate recovery. But it's now gone on too long. Many businesses won't re-open. Commerce will begin to flow along new channels, and it will take time for this to show. The long-term effects may be positive - but only in the sense that a forest fire makes room for new growth. I'll add that we've done this on a false prospectus. There has been no mountain of
corpses. The hospitals are empty outside the intensive care units. The whole epidemic has been no worse than the flu season was in 2000. Those countries like Sweden and South Korea that avoided a lockdown have had similar death rates to our own. We didn't need to shut the country down for three months. We shouldn't have shut it down. But we did. All we can do now is to look forward to a recovery. We might also listen less to scientific advisers who seem to be better at modelling statistics than using their common sense.

On a group called Open Florida

I find it interesting that in an attempt to “slow the spread of CV-19” and efforts to “protect” the elderly and most vulnerable, we have shifted the damage and injury to the Healthiest and most Productive segment of our society. Let that sink in.

The youngest and healthiest will be impacted by loss of opportunity, jobs, debts that can’t be paid, foreclosures, scarcity of resources, expanding poverty, hunger, etc.

What started as an effort to not overwhelm the hospitals, is no longer valid in my opinion, because the hospitals across the nation are basically empty, and they are furloughing and reducing staff, in some cases as much as 70%. If this is so bad, why are healthcare workers some of the first to lose their jobs? Even in NYC at the epicenter! Look it up...

Some medical opinions suggest that the best way to deal with a respiratory virus, is by herd immunity. Meaning you keep the schools open so all the kids and parents get exposed, have mild colds, then they are immune, the weak and elderly should be protected for 30-45 days while this herd immunity is building, then they can resume normal activity because the virus would basically have played itself out.

It has been widely practiced for centuries that infirm people were brought to the seashore to heal. The fresh salty air, sunshine and exercise promotes health and healing. But our beaches are closed and we are under orders to “stay safer at home”. Completely contrary to wisdom in my opinion.
I really haven’t seen any news about things people can do to boost their immune system. Doctors used to suggest healthy diets, vitamin C, exercise, keeping a positive attitude, etc. Now all we hear about is some yucky vaccine that doesn’t exist yet. To top it off, all the healthy alternative stores are closed as “non essential”. Why does this feel like a set up for failure?

All the news seems to portray this as a death sentence if you catch it, but the statistics show that ~85% +/- of people get better on their own.