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It was so predictable how this all played out.

1. Public health officials warn that thousands will die if we don't lockdown.
2. We lock down.
3. Thousands die, but it's not as bad as they initially predicted.
4.?????????
5. Somehow this is proof that they were wrong.

The point of the lockdown was, quite literally, to make sure as few people died as possible. Public health officials were right so that morons on message boards could continue being so hilariously wrong.

But I'm sure if hundreds of thousands were dead instead, those same people would say "see! Social distancing doesn't work! I am very smart and a very serious thinker".

Epidimological models aren't perfect. We're limited by the information we have available at the time and that information changes every day. Even if Public Health officials didn't get the exact numbers correct, they were right about the most important issue:

1. A global pandemic was at our doorstep
2. Thousands could die
3. Social distancing measures were the only avenue toward ensuring that as few of those people died as possible.

And now, despite upwards of 50-60 thousand Americans dying before this is all over, these idiots that are playing 3D chess with themselves are declaring both victory, and that every doctor and health care expert in the country is part of some rediculous conspiracy to keep the economy closed.

Doctors are being forced to fabricate PPE out of their own clothing. Ventilators are being manufactured by automobile giants. Mass graves are being dug in New York. One of the most powerful men in the world was in the ICU with the virus. Multiple professional athletes contracted it. Karl Anthony Towns lost his mother. Dammit we lost John Prine. We don't even have close to the amount of testing to confirm the real number of people with the virus. And yet, despite it all, some people still have the audacity to tell us that it was all just a big ole' nothingburger. Unbelievable.


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