Current Events > Biden COVID advisor says US lockdown of 4 to 6 weeks could control pandemic

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https://www.cnbc.com/2020/11/11/biden-covid-advisor-says-us-lockdown-of-4-to-6-weeks-could-control-pandemic-and-revive-economy.html

Shutting down businesses and paying people for lost wages for four to six weeks could help keep the coronavirus pandemic in check and get the economy on track until a vaccine is approved and distributed, said Dr. Michael Osterholm, a coronavirus advisor to President-elect Joe Biden. Osterholm, who serves as director of the Center of Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota, said earlier this week that the country is headed toward Covid hell. Cases are rising as more people grow tired of wearing masks and social distancing, suffering from so-called pandemic fatigue, he said Wednesday. Colder weather is also driving people indoors where the virus can spread more easily. A nationwide lockdown would drive the number of new cases and hospitalizations down to manageable levels while the world awaits a vaccine, he told Yahoo Finance on Wednesday. We could pay for a package right now to cover all of the wages, lost wages for individual workers for losses to small companies to medium-sized companies or city, state, county governments. We could do all of that, he said. If we did that, then we could lockdown for four-to-six weeks. The problem with the March-to-May lockdown was that it was not uniformly stringent across the country. For example, Minnesota deemed 78 percent of its workers essential, they wrote in the New York Times. To be effective, the lockdown has to be as comprehensive and strict as possible.

On Wednesday, Osterholm said such a lockdown would help the country bring the virus under control, like they did in New Zealand and Australia. Epidemiologists have repeatedly pointed to New Zealand, Australia and other parts of Asia that have brought the number of daily new cases to under 10 as an example of how to contain the virus. We could really watch ourselves cruising into the vaccine availability in the first and second quarter of next year while bringing back the economy long before that, he said Wednesday. On the current trajectory, Osterholm said the U.S. is headed for dark days before a vaccine becomes available. He said health-care systems across the country are already overwhelmed in places like El Paso, Texas, where local officials have already closed businesses and the federal government is sending resources to handle a surge in deaths caused by Covid-19. People dont want to hear that El Paso isnt an isolated event. El Paso, in many instances, will become the norm, he said. I think that the message is how do we get through this. We need FDR moments right now. We need fireside chats. We need somebody to tell America, this is what in the hell is going to happen.



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Does Biden even have the authority to do a nationwide lockdown or would that be up to the governors to comply?

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Is it going to happen? I spoke to nurses that are too stupid when I asked about this.


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Didn't Biden admit he can't even legally do a nationwide mask mandate?

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What world do these people live in where they think the American people would follow the lockdown?

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It's pretty fucking sad that we are too collectively stupid for this to ever be a possibility

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I'd say go for it but we're going to need a lot of aid for individuals/small businesses.

The only way to control would be to force 7 billion people to isolate for 2 weeks and it will never happen.

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Sure, go for it. My sales would skyrocket again, like back in march and april... and if they hand out SBA loans, then I'd literally just have a mortgage and business loan as my debt! Do it, Biden!

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This is what we need to do. A national lockdown that is actually enforced. Don't put an end date, put metrics as a way to send it. When the case count stops increasing by this much, and so on, them the lockdown can end.

It took melbourne like 4 months of stupidly harsh restrictions with massive fines to get from 700 cases a day to 0.

It'll take America muuuuch longer than 4 weeks lol.

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It's what we should do, but people won't adhere to it cause of muh freedoms.

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They need to and those that refuse to quarantine, just fine them with a heavy fine or locked them up.

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It would IF people would follow fucking directions

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Lol Americans would never do that. what a naive person.

oh golly, if only everyone did exactly what I said, wouldnt life be wonderful!

fuck, you cant even control 3 people, trying controlling 300 million and get back to me

Unknown361 posted...

They need to and those that refuse to quarantine, just fine them with a heavy fine or locked them up.

how the fuck can you?

oh yes officer I was just heading to the grocery store for some food.

bam no fine! You tell me how the fuck you fix that.

Nah. Republicans in this country are too dumb to allow it to happen. Theyll just cry about their rights or some stupid shit.

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We know it works by having observed first world countries do it. We didn't, so we have real time data for the scientific method.

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Will_VIIII posted...

We know it works by having observed first world countries do it. We didn't, so we have real time data for the scientific method.

my dude, do you live in America? Have you met an American before? If you have, then you know this wont work. Scientific method means keeping everything the same. You should know that my man.

Biden would have to use the military to get even close to the amount of bodies needed to enforce these lockdown policies across the country, since these are federal restrictions.

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Tbh I'd rather get the virus than be trapped at home for a month then get the virus.

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BilalPowell posted...

Tbh I'd rather get the virus than be trapped at home for a month then get the virus.

Murica

*rolls eyes*

This is what everyone said back in March
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BilalPowell posted...

Tbh I'd rather get the virus than be trapped at home for a month then get the virus.

it wouldn't be much of a change for me since i'm at home 95% of the time minus the times i go to the grocery store (various) or helping my dog for a walk and/or potty break.

getting concerned myself just seen nearly 900 cases in oregon (approaching that number).
there's 1-3 new cases in this county and it's a problem since i border on 2-3 other counties that could bring in the influx of sick people spreading covid.
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BilalPowell posted...

Tbh I'd rather get the virus than be trapped at home for a month then get the virus.

And what if it causes permanent damage to you or something worse?

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Strider102 posted...

And what if it causes permanent damage to you or something worse?

I've heard people say they don't care if they get the virus and die as long as they get to go outside. So it doesn't matter.

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TheHoldSteady posted...

Does Biden even have the authority to do a nationwide lockdown or would that be up to the governors to comply?

The latter. Andrew cuomo said it would be an act of war when trump floated a thought of a quarantine of new york, so think of how well this would go over if it was anything more than a friendly suggestion.

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But but but its my CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT to go to Applebee's!

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Bleuets posted...

my dude, do you live in America? Have you met an American before? If you have, then you know this wont work. Scientific method means keeping everything the same. You should know that my man.

Oh I know it won't work in the US, its just that I do know it would work if we didn't have so many redcap DDIQs

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Yeah fat chance. Telling people what to do AND giving them money? Not gonna fly in a free, hardworking nation like AMERICA

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