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Originally Posted by .:Bibliophile:.
It is not unreasonable. The countries that have this under control are the ones that shut down. America could do that too but certain politicians care more about money than they do about human life.
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Every other developed country in the world has been able to get through this pandemic just fine in comparison to America. Problem is, our government absolutely doesn't care about its citizens. In places like Great Britain and Denmark for example, the governments basically nationalized wages up to about 75-80% if the businesses furloughed the workers instead of firing them. Their unemployment rates didn't skyrocket like the US and those countries aren't going through a depression. People are desperate and depressed. There are some states where over 50% of renters wont be able to pay their rent after the moratorium lifts. 40 million people could be evicted during a pandemic. I can't blame people for wanting to get outside and do stuff, honestly- everything sucks and the country is on fire.
Japan actually had very limited shutdowns but pretty much everyone there has been wearing a mask. They've had about a thousand deaths in a country thats more densely populated than the US. You'd think the US would learn from other countries that have this under control and just do the BARE minimum to fix this, like a mask mandate or universal free masks. Its not hard, but our government doesn't function.