Coronavirus (COVID-19) Discussion Thread

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EricHiggin said:

curl-6 said:

Oh come on. Quarantines and other measure of containing the spread of disease have been used for centuries for everything from Bubonic Plague to Smallpox.

Smallpox has been eradicated and Plague is now curable with a simple dose of antibiotics.

It is not authoritarian to implement disease control during a pandemic.

Pelosi recently said the reason they finally agreed to push the stimulus bill through was because Joe is now going to be Prez.

No shutdown's and lockdown's for Hong Kong flu back in the late 1960's. They held Woodstock in America instead.

That doesn't at all disprove what I said. From the Spanish Flu to numerous outbreaks of serious disease throughout recent centuries, measures to prevent the spread of the pathogen within the population have been widely implemented, everything putting Smallpox victims in special hospitals or even ships, to marking the houses of plague victims and keeping them there. During the Spanish Flu, they took such measures as closing schools, theatres, and places of worship, limiting public transportation, and banning mass gatherings. Masks were also commonly worn.

It's got nothing to do with authoritarianism. It's about reducing the toll of the disease.

Last edited by curl-6 - on 17 December 2020