It’s a very good article in my opinion. There has to be some balance between the saving of lives and long term wellbeing for society. The most important consideration is the future of younger people. Destroy the economy and young people will face a dire future.

The saving of lives at all costs is the wrong approach. You can’t save a life anyway. All you can do is try to extend lives a bit. Do not endanger everyone for the sake of us oldsters who have already lived.

I see that most people in my area are using masks. It’s not because they were ordered to—they wear them out of self-interest and civic duty, and because they were asked nicely by our wonderful governor.

The article touches on the General and correct perception that the experts don’t know what they’re doing and that nature is going to run its course whatever is done.

I think that there is an element of not wanting to be told what to do in the US. People see government as a problem not a solution. This philosophy has been pushed by republicans since Regan. And the damage is done now. It will take a lot to reverse this trend. But the lack of leadership from the top has a lot to do with it as well. The Spanish and the Italians are not renowned for doing what they are told either but the unity of th political class and the information about the pandemic given from the top helped unite people and made them realize that it was not government doing this to them...it was the Virus.