As we enter the almost two month lockdown over Covid-19 in the US, the millions initially projected to die from the virus has been drastically revised downward to some 250,000 worldwide & up to 100,000 in the US. A question arises were the measures undertaken by gov'ts, the lockdown, businesses required to close, schools closed. Throughout history there's never been a lockdown over a virus epidemic. Was it all justified?

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Times Square in New York City during the Covid-19 lockdown

As we enter the almost two month lockdown over Covid-19 in the US some questions do arise.

The first of which is rather complex:

People who "normally" don't trust the government or its complicit enabling corporate MSM, or at least highly skeptical of their pronouncements seem-at least to this observer-to believe whatever that government says regarding the dictates it has foisted on the people, namely the unprecedented lockdown, shelter in place, social distancing, wearing of masks, the shutdown of non-essential businesses, the closing of schools all measures presented as preventing the virus from spreading and killing even more people.

It's as if all the pronouncements by the "government" whether its Trump, the state governors, city mayors, all of a sudden became synonymous with them telling the truth-or at least perceived as such by their fellow travelers. Dems automatically discount whatever Trump says but to his adherents it's the gospel.

But almost everyone across the political spectrum, initially at least, believed their states governors pronouncements as well as big city and smaller town mayors. Why no pushback?

Yet throughout history there has never been a lockdown over a virus epidemic. And this is the first time healthy people have been quarantined. Why?

The sick have always been quarantined as a justifiable measure to prevent a disease from spreading. That makes perfect sense. The reason given to quarantine the healthy was there weren't enough testing kits available, scientific double blind and random testing for the virus would take months so better safe than sorry the government ordained quarantining everybody. Was this justified?

Of course it didn't help when we were told the virus could kill millions which by itself induced existential fear among people. This was an assumption made by WHO Director General Tedros at the G-20 Leaders Summit March 26, 2020 with him saying, "Millions of people could die if governments don't take aggressive action against the coronavirus." And boy did they ever take aggressive action. It was as if Tedros was referencing the 1918 Flu pandemic that killed an estimated 50 million people worldwide. Why did Tedros make such a declaration which created panic and hysteria among people worldwide.

Now that estimate (guesstimate?) of millions dying worldwide from Covid-19 has been drastically revised downward and projected to be some 250,000 worldwide and up to 100,000 in the US. To be sure that's a huge number of deaths but certainly nowhere near the "millions" dying Tedros projected 1 1/2 months ago. Where is the admission by the government "authorities" the initial death estimates were greatly inflated and the severe measures they took were unwarranted?

What's so infuriating with numbers of the coronavirus equivocating a bad flu season why is most of the country still in lockdown? Why are non-essential businesses still closed? Why are healthy people unable to return to work? Why are the schools still closed?

Yes some states are beginning to open up, businesses allowed to open with limited capacities, some recreational facilities allowed to open but schools remain closed everywhere in the country.

There have been protests against the shutdown measures in states depicted as coming from the extremist right, people waving American flags, some confederate flags as well and some protesters carrying guns. Criticism of the protests comes from the liberal left who say Trump has instigated the protesters with his overt support.

But what about the people who are unemployed, live paycheck to paycheck, have no savings, in debt and can't pay the rent. There may be a moratorium on foreclosures and nobody can be put out of their homes yet it doesn't take much to realize these people are in desperate straits. That $1200 they may received was a one time deal.

Now whether these unemployed people took part in the protests is unclear yet they desperately need to get back to work to support their families.

We've heard a lot of comparisons to the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic. In New York City alone there were 30,000 deaths from that flu. What is significant comparing that 1918 flu with today's coronavirus is the public schools remained open-though there were some staggered measures with schools operations. Also it was understood people needed to go to work and most people in the city living in tenements needed to travel on the Subway. There was no lockdown of the city. No economic dislocation that's happened today. Currently the number of deaths in the city attributed to Covid-19 is 18,909 and going down each day-unlikely to approach the 1918 Flu numbers.

What's known of course it's the elderly with co-morbidities and compromised immune systems who are most at risk of dying particularly if they get pneumonia associated with Covid-19. Why didn't we focus on protecting those most at risk?

The data indicates children rarely show symptoms of the virus. They seem to easily develop anti-bodies and become immune to the virus. Yes they may be carriers of the disease and pass it on to family members. Yet parents of schoolchildren are in their 30's and 40's also a mostly healthy age group who have shown even when infected with the virus tend to have mild symptoms and like their children also develop antibodies and soon become immune.

The hypothesis here: If children were allowed to be in school-as opposed to being home-and people were allowed to return to work and yes they would be spreading the disease amongst themselves, they would develop symptoms-mostly mild if at all-and herd immunity would ensue in a short period of time perhaps within a month.

Getting back to those states beginning to open up. We'll soon see if fears are justified an increase in Covid-19 infections will occur.

If not let's get on with ending this lockdown nightmare everywhere in the country.

Authors Website: dglefc22733@aol.com

Authors Bio:
Retired. The author of "DECEIT AND EXCESS IN AMERICA, HOW THE MONEYED INTERESTS HAVE STOLEN AMERICA AND HOW WE CAN GET IT BACK", Authorhouse, 2009