I'm officially over this whole quarantine bullshit

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Exigent Circumcisions dijo:
I understand that we're ostensibly doing it to save lives but at this point it just feels like they're trying to see how much shit we'll put up with.
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neverendingmidi dijo:
And then some new strain will start up and this will go on forever.
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Once they introduce these new powers for the police, and restrictions on people, they don't like giving them up. This will last as long as politicians can drag it out for, virus be damned.

e. quoted the wrong person oops
 
Not to dismiss everyone else but so far I'm doing ok I guess. Could be better. Stuff like making my own garden in my backyard keeps me busy. I don't know if lifting the quarantine during the supposed "peak" of the pandemic would not bring any bad consequences, I admit I haven't been informed with current events but I'd still rather not take the changes of contaminating my loved ones by going to overcrowded places.
 
saralovesjuicyfruit dijo:
It’ll be over soon. You’re definitely not the only one sick of it. Even the people I know who were hardcore virtue signaling a month ago aren’t really doing so anymore. The longer it goes on with the average person realizing they don’t know anyone who had it (let alone died from it) the less support there is for these measures.
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Unfortunately, not knowing anyone who's hospitalized due to or died from the WuFlu will be a luxury the average person probably won't have soon. Seventy-two hours ago I could say it but since then I found out someone I know is currently in the hospital and another person I grew up with just lost her father to it. These are becoming more commonplace experiences from everyone I've been talking to.

Now I'm not saying that the economic/psychological/political fallout caused by these measures aren't horrible and I want this quarantine to end as much as the next guy, but I think saying the average people won't start seeing people they know being hospitalized or dying from COVID-19 in the upcoming months is myopic.

And for the record, I don't live in NYC (thank God.)
 
Tommy Wiseau Kin dijo:
Unfortunately, not knowing anyone who's hospitalized due to or died from the WuFlu will be a luxury the average person probably won't have soon. Seventy-two hours ago I could say it but since then I found out someone I know is currently in the hospital and another person I grew up with just lost her father to it. These are becoming more commonplace experiences from everyone I've been talking to.

Now I'm not saying that the economic/psychological/political fallout caused by these measures aren't horrible and I want this quarantine to end as much as the next guy, but I think saying the average people won't start seeing people they know being hospitalized or dying from COVID-19 in the upcoming months is myopic.

And for the record, I don't live in NYC (thank God.)
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I’m sorry you’ve got someone you know who has it, but I would say maybe your own perspective is myopic, because look at the numbers. For the average person (and I’m talking about America, because that’s where I live, and I would assume that’s where the majority of this site’s users live) to be able to say they personally knew someone hospitalized or killed by the virus, the number of confirmed cases would have to be a lot higher than the under-one-quarter-of-a-percent it’s at currently. Like, way higher. We don’t even have the highest number of cases per capita.
 
Tommy Wiseau Kin dijo:
Unfortunately, not knowing anyone who's hospitalized due to or died from the WuFlu will be a luxury the average person probably won't have soon. Seventy-two hours ago I could say it but since then I found out someone I know is currently in the hospital and another person I grew up with just lost her father to it. These are becoming more commonplace experiences from everyone I've been talking to.

Now I'm not saying that the economic/psychological/political fallout caused by these measures aren't horrible and I want this quarantine to end as much as the next guy, but I think saying the average people won't start seeing people they know being hospitalized or dying from COVID-19 in the upcoming months is myopic.

And for the record, I don't live in NYC (thank God.)
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Over 7,000 people die each day in the US, on average. Which means on average 49,000 people die each week. And that's me understating the numbers. Corona-chan has hit what? 25,000 in over a month? Wow such rates. So mortal.

How old was the person who died? Did they have any other illnesses? For example, I have a coworker who would be heartbroken if his stepmom died of corona. However she went into hospice treatment last June, and the whole family was warned it would be a miracle if she made it to Christmas. Every day is potentially her last day. Should we shut down the entire country until she dies of natural causes, even if she winds up fighting the systemic cancer to live for two more years?
 
I give it till May before 99% of people agree with you OP, and that is me being optimistic I think people are already starting to go stir crazy.

If this goes to June, I promise at least one Wal-Mart gets shot up.
 
saralovesjuicyfruit dijo:
I’m sorry you’ve got someone you know who has it, but I would say maybe your own perspective is myopic, because look at the numbers. For the average person (and I’m talking about America, because that’s where I live, and I would assume that’s where the majority of this site’s users live) to be able to say they personally knew someone hospitalized or killed by the virus, the number of confirmed cases would have to be a lot higher than the under-one-quarter-of-a-percent it’s at currently. Like, way higher. We don’t even have the highest number of cases per capita.
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neverendingmidi dijo:
Over 7,000 people die each day in the US, on average. Which means on average 49,000 people die each week. And that's me understating the numbers. Corona-chan has hit what? 25,000 in over a month? Wow such rates. So mortal.

How old was the person who died? Did they have any other illnesses? For example, I have a coworker who would be heartbroken if his stepmom died of corona. However she went into hospice treatment last June, and the whole family was warned it would be a miracle if she made it to Christmas. Every day is potentially her last day. Should we shut down the entire country until she dies of natural causes, even if she winds up fighting the systemic cancer to live for two more years?
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To be honest, I am pretty torn about this quarantine and I think people who oppose it do have solid grievances. The point of my original post was not to argue against the possibility of ending the quarantine but to argue against the statement "The longer it goes on with the average person realizing they don’t know anyone who had it (let alone died from it) the less support there is for these measures." I guess I should have been clearer on that. My bad.

That's why I tried to use phrases such as "soon" and "upcoming months" as much as I could. COVID-19 is still spreading and eventually just about every American will have to be exposed to the virus in the upcoming months, which will mean many more people will see that hospitalization and death rate in action. Just because many people in the US can say "I don't know anyone who has been hospitalized or died from COVID-19 so I don't see a point in shutting down the country" today doesn't mean they'll be saying that in May or June.

There are also going to be people like @neverendingmidi who may know someone who is affected by it but still think "we shouldn't shut down the country" and cool, they're 100% allowed to have their opinion. But that doesn't mean there aren't going to be plenty of people that once said "this quarantine is terrible" will become more favorable to it once their parent/coworker/friend/favorite Taco Bell cashier who gives them a free drink with their order croaks from it.

(I hope I made my point clear.)
 
Tommy Wiseau Kin dijo:
But that doesn't mean there aren't going to be plenty of people that once said "this quarantine is terrible" will become more favorable to it once their parent/coworker/friend/favorite Taco Bell cashier who gives them a free drink with their order croaks from it.
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That is because making major decisions about things like quarantines because of muh feels is exceptional.
 
Tommy Wiseau Kin dijo:
To be honest, I am pretty torn about this quarantine and I think people who oppose it do have solid grievances. The point of my original post was not to argue against the possibility of ending the quarantine but to argue against the statement "The longer it goes on with the average person realizing they don’t know anyone who had it (let alone died from it) the less support there is for these measures." I guess I should have been clearer on that. My bad.

That's why I tried to use phrases such as "soon" and "upcoming months" as much as I could. COVID-19 is still spreading and eventually just about every American will have to be exposed to the virus in the upcoming months, which will mean many more people will see that hospitalization and death rate in action. Just because many people in the US can say "I don't know anyone who has been hospitalized or died from COVID-19 so I don't see a point in shutting down the country" today doesn't mean they'll be saying that in May or June.

There are also going to be people like @neverendingmidi who may know someone who is affected by it but still think "we shouldn't shut down the country" and cool, they're 100% allowed to have their opinion. But that doesn't mean there aren't going to be plenty of people that once said "this quarantine is terrible" will become more favorable to it once their parent/coworker/friend/favorite Taco Bell cashier who gives them a free drink with their order croaks from it.

(I hope I made my point clear.)
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300,000 people died of swine flu in 2009 in the US. How many people did you personally grieve who died in that apocalypse? Permanently shutting down the country for months on end will end up with a fuck load more people dying too. All the people whose cancer screenings are cancelled. All the people who need tests for other diseases which are being pushed out. All the people who commit suicide because they've lost their entire savings paying rent and taxes on their business that they can't make money from because it's been forcibly shut down by the local government and they've lost all hope because THERE'S NO CLEAR FUCKING END OF THIS SHIT. Do they deserve to die more than a 95 year old in hospice?
 
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