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My sincere concern is not so much for the unintended consequences today

There will be some damage (both in terms of health/life and financial), but overall the country, and the world, will recover.

My concern is we have now set the precedent that the proper reaction to a viral outbreak is to shut down the planet. If that happens once every 100 years, fine. But it sure seems like some random viral outbreak hits the news more like every 2-3 years. Just this century we've had SARS, MERS, Ebola, H1N1, and Zirka virus in addition to Covid-19. Do we now shut the planet down every time a virus escapes one country's borders?

That would not be something we could recover from.

(In response to this post by MP4VT2004)

Posted: 05/13/2020 at 9:13PM

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Am I wrong to interpret this as semi-good news? -- MP4VT2004 05/13/2020 8:48PM

Hey, Virginia is for Lovers . . . -- MikeVT85 05/14/2020 1:02PM

Well Virginia is for Lovers so social distancing is a challenge. ** -- OrlandoHokie 05/14/2020 10:18AM

I think that is a silly study - but there is a lot of good news out there! -- vt90 05/14/2020 08:14AM

I'm not sure I'd interpret that data at all, as Baltimore Hokie... -- Spud 05/14/2020 07:23AM

I think it depends on how they are measuring it -- HokieR 05/14/2020 07:20AM

Key needs are for sick people and high risk people to avoid social contact -- Hokie1992 05/14/2020 06:40AM

Supposedly takes 3 weeks to see -- HortHokie 05/13/2020 9:50PM

Maybe its just me but i feel like the "bad results" are always a moving -- HokieGator 05/13/2020 10:50PM

I can't speak for "the media" but the causes are different -- jmanatVT 05/14/2020 09:00AM

Whoever said that has clearly never eaten bad Mexican food. -- MP4VT2004 05/13/2020 9:52PM

You're right -- just about every state is getting an F (link inside) -- HokieBoy 05/13/2020 9:23PM

Hmmm. Their definition of 'social distancing' is...interesting -- Baltimore Hokie 05/13/2020 9:02PM

Good point -- VaTechie 05/13/2020 10:50PM

That has to be a typo right? -- HokieBoy 05/13/2020 9:33PM

Ha. I missed that part. -- MP4VT2004 05/13/2020 9:06PM

Yeah, anytime you go to the store you get an F ** -- Baltimore Hokie 05/13/2020 9:19PM

Virgina, like every other state, cannot stay locked down until there is a -- hokiemas 05/13/2020 9:00PM

Amen. And epidemiologists keep saying that, short of a vaccine... -- MP4VT2004 05/13/2020 9:04PM

There is a better goal than just "not overwhelming the hospitals". -- Hokie360 05/13/2020 10:26PM

Aren't more hopsitals laying off staff for lack of patients then those that -- Hokie1992 05/14/2020 06:45AM

My sincere concern is not so much for the unintended consequences today -- Tafkam Hokie 05/13/2020 9:13PM

Winner winner chicken dinner, we have set an awful precedent -- fordham 05/14/2020 09:27AM

The long-term economic damage will be far worse then than the health/medica ** -- Hokie1992 05/14/2020 06:47AM

If things turn around quickly, I think the economic damage is recoverable -- Tafkam Hokie 05/14/2020 2:05PM

We didn’t shut down for any of those. Examples -- Hokie Chris 05/13/2020 10:25PM

H1N1 was the Spanish flu pandemic. We had waay more info on that this time -- 48zip 05/14/2020 08:32AM

OK. There was also H1N1 epidemic in 2009 -- Hokie Chris 05/14/2020 10:22AM

No doubt. I just meant we're so far ahead with today's knowledge. Sadly -- 48zip 05/14/2020 11:23AM

From a science and data stand point it's super interesting -- Hokie Chris 05/14/2020 12:53PM

The precedent wasn't set then. Now it is. -- Tafkam Hokie 05/13/2020 10:59PM

Not doing anything is also a precedent and was set. -- jmanatVT 05/14/2020 08:48AM

Why? If we reacted on time, we could be reopening like Germany right now. ** -- VTSnake 05/14/2020 07:55AM

False. It’s either contagious or it’s not. It would’ve have still spread -- Hoakie82 05/14/2020 11:10AM

You are absolutely right, unfortunately ** -- VT20 05/14/2020 06:04AM

Move the cheese so that no official will want to be caught overreacting. ** -- PhotoHokieNC 05/14/2020 05:42AM

I'll disagree with you about the "precedent" set. I've been thinking that -- Hokie360 05/13/2020 10:06PM

I think future generations will determine if this was the "proper reaction" ** -- MP4VT2004 05/13/2020 9:20PM

True. But if the next one hits in three years -- Tafkam Hokie 05/13/2020 9:24PM

When did Dr. Fauci get his job? ** -- Hokie1992 05/14/2020 06:49AM

Director of NIAID since 1984 ** -- Gadfly 05/14/2020 06:59AM

Yes, 36 years. That's a long time. -- Hokie1992 05/14/2020 07:03AM

I’ve been an employee at VT since 1984. Please don’t discard me. ** -- Gadfly 05/14/2020 07:11AM

Congrats, impressive. most who could would stay at VT forever if we could -- Hokie1992 05/14/2020 07:17AM

Thanks for your service. Have you moved on to something else? ** -- Gadfly 05/14/2020 08:12AM

I’m still not convinced it was wrong to lock up the Japanese after P.Harbor ** -- Hoakie82 05/14/2020 01:04AM

If it was OK, they would have locked up German and Italian immigrants too. ** -- Hokie360 05/14/2020 10:32AM

Except Germany & Italy never didn’t attack Pearl Harbor in a surprise. ** -- Hoakie82 05/14/2020 11:02AM

Wait! It wasn't the Germans? ** -- 48zip 05/14/2020 1:12PM

Agry. Must be fake news. Everyone knows it was the Germans who bombed Pearl ** -- Tafkam Hokie 05/14/2020 1:29PM

So when if ever are their practical limits to our God-given freedoms? -- Hokie1992 05/14/2020 07:01AM

Very good point. -- MP4VT2004 05/13/2020 9:31PM

...this looks like it could be gravy ** -- chumley 05/13/2020 9:00PM

My sincere concern is not so much for the unintended consequences today

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