On Wed, 29 Jun 2022 13:42:17 -0700 (PDT), Andre Jute
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fiul...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>Read on and marvel at the arrogance of the Left in proposing themselves to decide about life and death for everyone else, and their right to “control” such rights. Yo, Jeff, the obvious solution for the CDC, which operates on the taxpayers’ dime, is to tell people the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so that they can make their own life and death decisions. If you can’t work that out for yourself, you’re truly lost, man.
OK, let's way we follow your advice and have the CDC publish the
Covid-19 infection rate with data, tables, projections, procedures and
pretty graphs. Actually, I'm rather surprised those numbers haven't
leaked out of the CDC yet. Of course, the media will do its utmost to
insure that everyone sees the information. As for the truth, that
will be provided by the opinions, pontifications, and general
confusion appended to the data by the commentators, experts,
officials, and general public.
So, what will happen? Panic, of course. People will look at the
numbers, and immediately decide that ALL the hospitals are Covid-19
incubators and going to any of them constitutes an intolerable risk to
health, welfare, and paycheck. This will come in tiers proportional
to the paranoia levels. Depending on the numbers, some hospitals will
be empty, while others will be oversubscribed. The newly created
Department of Medical Triage will attempt to allocate hospital
appointments by need. When that fails, appointments will be randomly
assigned.
A month later, the CDC releases the latest statistics which
predictable show a dramatic reduction in hospital Covid-19 infection
rate. That's because all the hospitals have implemented draconian
safety protocols worthy of a virus research laboratory. You should
probably have your Tyvek custom suit fitted early to avoid the rush.
However, instead of relief and a return to pre-publication
semi-normal, the media will be flooded by theories as to the cause of
the drop, all of which result in a general distrust of statistics.
There are likely to be accidents that cause a surge in several
hospitals. Once again, patients in those hospitals will evacuate and
overcrowd the "safe" hospitals.
By the 2nd month, the hospitals are forced to relax most of the
draconian safety measures. That will cause the a surge in hospital
borne Covid-19 cases, which will cause additional evacuation of the
"unsafe" hospitals and overcrowding of the "safe" hospitals. I think
I'll stop here and let your imagination fill in the blanks with
shortages, closings, hospital bankruptcies, surges, lockdowns, camps,
and other nightmares.
Do you still want to "tell people the truth, the whole truth, and
nothing but the truth, so that they can make their own life and death
decisions" when it is likely that the decisions will be made by a
government bureau for the duration of the emergency? If the "truth"
results in overloaded hospitals, and people are told to elsewhere,
will that be an improvement in their options for making a decision?
You can have it your way, but only if you either ignore, or are
willing to risk, the possible consequences.