(05-12-2020 10:02 AM)GeorgeBorkFan Wrote:  

(05-12-2020 09:06 AM)NIU007 Wrote:  

(05-12-2020 08:37 AM)GeorgeBorkFan Wrote:  

(05-12-2020 08:15 AM)NIU007 Wrote:  I very much doubt that Lightfoot was the one coming up with the predictions. And if they didn't have the capacity they needed, the Republicans would be the first ones to blame them for it.

The feds set up the hospital at McCormick Place, the same feds that JB says aren't doing anything.

I'm sure she got it from an "expert." But, she's responsible and it is hers. As the predictions don't pan out, at some point, shouldn't we be skeptical of the next prediction?

The shutdown was predicated on these assumptions. And, they haven't turned out. In fact, the numbers are already trending in a very positive direction. Don't we need to hold our local elected officials accountable? Shouldn't we do some critical thinking, as voters/consumers/citizens, and reasonably form judgements based upon how the those elected officials have done?

The shutdowns have caused immense harm to the economy, and many people are now without jobs. We should be considering if they were the right decision, and in that context, how to get the economy back going.

So you know exactly what would have happened if we hadn't shut down? I'm sure the experts in epidemiology would like to hear about that.

You have previously said we should listen to the experts. They've been proven to have been very wrong on too much of this. At what point do you start listening to them with more skepticism?

The experts on the economy say it needs to get opened back up and quickly. We should not listen to them?

So we should listen the the economy experts and not the epidemiology experts?

Ill say it again, the fact that the numbers never got as high as predicted means that the precautions taken have worked...

This is very fluid, only 3 weeks ago Trump was saying that predictions were no more than 60K dead...well we are currently at 80K.