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Old 04-02-2021, 08:11 PM   #15
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As unpopular as this may be... There comes a point in time where you have to cut off the arm to save the patient. IMHO, we are at this tipping point economically now. We have to come to grips with acceptable losses. This virus is going nowhere soon, and mutating fast. There are now vaccines, but currently science has no idea how long the vaccine protects you or to what level. They do know that the vaccines do protect you from the most severe symptoms... However the vaccines do not give you immunity and will most likely require ongoing doses.

So if no matter what you do, the virus can still infect you.... its time to get back to normal and let the chips fall where they may. If you are afraid of the virus, or don't want to get the vaccine for whatever reason, mask up and act accordingly.

Bike Week as well as any other event should continue normally....

Woodsy
The problem is, if you open up too soon, it could do MORE ECONOMIC HARM LONG TERM.

If the new “norm” is you might die if you mingle, then things will gradually get worse and worse.

Yeah, you might see a bubble of the “who cares, I want to have fun now” folks having a good time, but if people are still dropping dead it won’t last.. Entrainment venues (any large gathering places) will go bankrupt over time. Grocery stores will go bankrupt, folks will shop on line instead. Restaurants will go bankrupt. Because if things are moderately bad some will go, some will be cautious and stay home. That won’t be enough to keep a lot of businesses a float.

Nobody knows the perfect balance. Everyone knows there are costs to keeping things restricted. But folks that want to be more conservative are not worried about just the death rates, but the economy too !!!

Just because you say and act like it’s over won’t magically fix the economy or save it.

Confidence that it’s safe for everyone to go out again is an important ingredient to getting back to a healthy economy. I think if we can get to the recommended targets and ease things gradually we can be in good shape by summer and great shape by fall. Open too soon we could be spiking again next fall and another shutdown winter.

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