Originally Posted by
bucksfan2
Yep.
I don't think there was much of a political divide early on in Covid 19. When a lot of the "shelter in place" orders were put into place we saw what was happening in Italy. We understood some about the virus, but not what we know now. And to be honest, in a month we will know far more than we know today. Anyway, I think where political divide came into play was when the shelter in place orders drastically impacted the number of cases. You had projections that were inflated and saw the actual cases fall far below that. I think as the "shelter in place" continued, the political divide started to amplify. I think the President stoked those fires, I also think a vocal minority stoked those fires. At the time, most health officials noted they were being overly cautious and if their numbers were way too high, well that was a good thing, it meant less lives were lost.
I think too many people miss the point that over 100K Americans have died from Covid 19. In Ohio its now projected that over 3000 will die. While that isn't the 10,000's that were originally feared, its still a substantial number. I remember talking to my Aunt a few weeks ago. My cousin lives in my neighborhood and on a run I ran into here stopping by. Now I love my Aunt dearly, but our political beliefs are on the opposite side of the spectrum. Basically she said that the shutdown needed to end, its doing too much damage to the economy, and we need to open things back up. Basically her lines were right out of the Fox News playbook and I don't think she is alone in thinking like this. In general I think the boomers have been far worse than many other generations.
I think Ohio handled things the right way, I think they started opening some things up a little too early, but at some point things needed to start opening up. But the idea to minimize the virus because it wasn't as bad as originally feared ignores the 100K Americans who perished.