gwraigty
Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
It has been a lesson passed down through the years that we do best when we work together, rather than separately. We should each do our part to get through this with the least amount of collective pain and destruction. There must be a balance between the immediate public health protection issues and the economic destruction issues, which may have their own public health ramifications down the road. And that balance point necessarily will change over time as events dictate. I certainly do not envy those whose job it is to determine where that balance lies.
One thing I do know, however, is that it is usually foolish to base decisions on how people "feel". All of us have rights, but "feeling" anything is not among those rights, primarily because it is entirely subjective. That is, there are people who will "feel safe" no matter what is happening and those who will never "feel safe". Our leaders should make determinations based on objective criteria regarding the health risks and the economic damage required to mitigate those risks, not based on our feelings.
Hear, hear!