Ideas on how to reopen the economy w/o returning to exponential spread

[shunyadragon]

You have to be doing this deliberately.

Not really some typos are hard to break the habit, but it does not effect the posts or the context of the thread.

[Sparko]

Not really some typos are hard to break the habit, but it does not effect the posts or the context of the thread.

You can't type "ID" instead of "AG?"

We can't take your posts seriously if you can't even spell the name of the disease. So yeah it does effect your posts.

Use spell check COVID. Type COVID and when it gets underlined, right click and say "add to dictionary"

[oxmixmudd]

Too vague. You'll have to give some examples. Exactly who on the "right" was "demanding" this? And what were their actual "demands"?

As I recall during the zika outbreak, conservatives were criticizing Obama for not restricting travel, but I don't remember any calls for shutting down the country and arresting people who dared to leave their homes.

Zika was not even close to what we are dealing with wrt COVID-19.

[seanD]

Interesting poll numbers that correlate with the OP, from ZeroHedge...

In addition to the insights above, the survey reveals that Americans are being forced by covid-19 to adopt more cautious behavior that will handicap economic recovery and likely strain social unity.

That said, life under lockdown isn’t all bad news.
Personal Life In The Age Of Covid-19: Caution Is King

It will take a long time for American life to return to “normal”, as people plan to refrain from many common activities for months (at least) after the lockdown is lifted, and in a number of cases, even after a vaccine is widely available:

Dining out: 53% won’t be comfortable going to a sit-down restaurant for at least 3 months after social distancing ends. 38% will wait at least 5 months. 24% won’t dine out until there’s a vaccine. 15% will wait 3 or months after a vaccine.

Gyms: 57% of gym-goers will wait 3+ months before returning after social distancing ends

Sporting event: 44% won’t attend a live game until a vaccine is issued, 63% of these people will wait at least another 3 months after the vaccine is out to attend

Travel: Air: 36% who took at least 1 international flight in 2019 will not fly internationally again until a vaccine is available

Travel: Cruise Ship: 22% of avid cruise goers say they’ll never take a cruise again. 65% will wait at least until there’s a vaccine. 55% of those waiting will delay their next cruise until at least 1 year after the vaccine is out.

Casinos: 45% don’t plan to go until a vaccine is available. 35% of these people will wait at least 6 months after vaccine release before going back.

And even once a covid-19 vaccine becomes available, Americans will not rush to get it:

52% say they will wait at least 6 months after the vaccine’s release to take it

29% (included in the above 52%) plan on never taking it

Original source

The bolded is especially interesting. Nope, not everyone is going rush to get the vaccine when it comes out. How they deal with that, I'm not sure. But a bit of an aside. And it's funny how "opening it up" or "not opening it up" has become a partisan thing. "Opening it up" will not magically get us where we were before, which is why my argument earlier in the thread was that Trump might as well leave it closed to make sure no resurgences happen. The damage is already done. "Opening it up' won't help the economy, so it's a lose-lose situation for Trump.