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(04-08-2020 01:42 PM)ODUCoach Wrote:  FWIW, I do think if the bureaucracies hadn't screwed up testing, we probably would not have had the need for the lock downs we have had. But, of course, with the power hungry government officials, I'm guessing we probably would have had some anyway.

(04-08-2020 01:32 PM)Gilesfan Wrote:  By that time we would be more prepared. We would not have medical shortages. We might have a vaccine. Better treatment options may be discovered.

What if we don't have vaccines or better treatment? Then what? We just stay locked down until the government tells us they have approved a vaccine for us, and they give us a number to line up and get the vaccine?

I know many disagree with me, and I'm ok with that, but to me, our response to this virus poses a far greater threat to me than the virus itself. The speed at which so many are willing to just let the government strip us of our rights in the name of "keeping us safe" blows my mind. I really wonder if some would be totally ok with it, if the government just locked us in our homes, dropped food off at our doors, and told us they'll let us know when it's safe to go out to play again.

The issue with that logic is that it assumes your individual rights are more important that the rights of your neighbors or other members of your community. We are all inconvenienced and unhappy, but what makes you, or me for that matter, more important that someone else. If we all just did what we wanted govt be damned, it would be a lawless mess out there. I get the individual rights and states rights history of our country, but we only yell when it is our rights that get trampled...the heck if someone else rights get trampled. It is the same issue with arguments for or against abortion or the gun rights argument. Don't take my gun, but if you want to outlaw abortion, that's ok. Or the other way around don't take my abortion right, but I will take your gun. Who's rights are more important? By the way, I remain neutral on the abortion and gun rights debate I am not advocating either side or that one is more right than the other. Just that we need to see that our right are important, but so are the rights of those that we disagree with so we need to choose the path of greater good and greater care, in my opinion.