Agreed, but given the choice between that and...

...run out of money over 6-8 months or more, I am confident the vast majority of otherwise healthy people are willing to take that risk. I do think that the spread can be mitigated to a degree even after people go back to work if they will continue to wear masks, keep their distance, and use good hygiene and common sense.

In response to this post by HokieAl

Posted: 04/14/2020 at 08:37AM

Freaking Hoos now predicting mid-August COVID peak -- ModerateHokie 04/14/2020 08:05AM

This model indicates a 99.4% survival, remove nursing homes and it's 99.8. -- Agoodhokie 04/14/2020 10:28AM

Isn't it true that survivors face permanent lung/heart damage? -- Fatman 04/14/2020 10:46AM

It has been like 6 weeks!?! How can any long term impacts be assessed -- vt90 04/14/2020 11:23AM

I believe DRs have measured scaring of the lungs. -- Fatman 04/14/2020 11:36AM

If I have a heart attack I'll likely have scarring of the heart. -- vthokieq 04/14/2020 11:53AM

Like everything else, hasn't been effectively proven. -- vthokieq 04/14/2020 11:01AM

Stop this now. -- YardBird 04/14/2020 10:45AM

That's great, but you simply can't shut down the country until mid-August. ** -- HokieNoVA 04/14/2020 09:43AM

It's like we're doing too well and just kicking the can down the road -- BG Hokie 04/14/2020 09:07AM

Hmmm do you bankrupt the family to save great grandma? ** -- Hokie1992 04/14/2020 09:29AM

No matter what we do -- capitals1 04/14/2020 08:35AM

I've been saying for a while that the "return to normalcy"... -- MP4VT2004 04/14/2020 08:19AM

Well stated ** -- ColoVT82 04/14/2020 2:11PM

The problem is that some deaths -- HokieAl 04/14/2020 08:31AM

The reopening won’t wait on finding some way -- GreenvilleVT 04/14/2020 09:18AM

Rural hospitals have had to lay off medical staff because they aren't... -- EDGEMAN 04/14/2020 09:15AM

Rural?? I live in Collin County TX, 1 million population. -- two91hokies 04/14/2020 11:21AM

Remind me not to go to that hospital. Talk about poor management. -- Stork 04/14/2020 11:02AM

It's what they were told to do...when you cut all other services... -- vthokieq 04/14/2020 11:08AM

That's an interesting anecdote too because it perfectly describes why some -- BG Hokie 04/14/2020 09:20AM

Healthcare is getting pummeled -- bigbadbird 04/14/2020 09:34AM

Kinda worried this will result in hospital systems being nationalized ** -- HokieNoVA 04/14/2020 09:49AM

A lot of varying agendas at play ** -- bigbadbird 04/14/2020 10:13AM

Swedish model, isolate the compromised and elderly. In VA, 1.8 out of 1000 -- BG Hokie 04/14/2020 09:10AM

Come on, people. A little more spacial awareness is needed here. -- King Jaffe Joffer 04/14/2020 11:09AM

Sweden’s death rate is far exceeding that of its neighbors, Denmark, Norway -- Gadfly 04/14/2020 10:53AM

And... When this is all over, numbers are comparable -- Vienna_Hokie 04/14/2020 11:37AM

There is some truth in your argument; however, reductions in absolute -- Gadfly 04/14/2020 12:51PM

Agreed, but given the choice between that and... -- MP4VT2004 04/14/2020 08:37AM

You are were I was when this started ** -- HokieForever 04/14/2020 09:33AM

Without robust testing, no way am I getting on a plane or train, going to a -- Brown Water 04/14/2020 08:40AM

Exactly, but I do think we need to get to the point where that is a -- BG Hokie 04/14/2020 09:12AM

Would you, could you, with a fox? Would you, could you in a box? -- hoosnowahokie 04/14/2020 09:10AM

Not me. I'd go back into a full Lane Stadium tomorrow if I could -- vt90 04/14/2020 09:02AM

So you are okay with you, yourself infecting the vulnerable. ** -- capitals1 04/14/2020 09:27AM

What is the scenario where he infects the vulnerable? -- HWA 04/14/2020 09:46AM

Nice phrasing there ... but every year I could infect people with the flu -- vt90 04/14/2020 09:42AM

Why are you making the assumption he'll do so? -- vthokieq 04/14/2020 09:37AM

Agree...reasonable balance of risk is what is missing in most conversations -- Vienna_Hokie 04/14/2020 09:14AM

Fair enough, but you arent worried about passing it on to someone else -- indiahokie 04/14/2020 09:10AM

Are we going to lock ourselves up forever? Those who are elderly or have -- vt90 04/14/2020 09:15AM

I completely agree. ** -- MP4VT2004 04/14/2020 12:47PM

+1000, somehow SIP turned into saving lives overall -- HokieForever 04/14/2020 09:36AM

Hunkering down might be an extreme measure but willingly being amongst -- indiahokie 04/14/2020 09:30AM

And that's fine...nobody is really saying you should be forced to. -- vthokieq 04/14/2020 09:01AM

I didn't mean to imply I'm being forced to be doing anything. Not sure -- Brown Water 04/14/2020 09:08AM

I didn't mean to imply you implied anything. -- vthokieq 04/14/2020 09:10AM

So you're denying implying that he implied about your implication about his -- RhinoVT 04/14/2020 09:56AM

Exactly! See, you get it! ** -- vthokieq 04/14/2020 09:58AM

Same here. Massive testing, not just for the infected but also those -- Galenahokie 04/14/2020 08:58AM

Hopefully everything in your first paragraph will be -- PhotoHokieNC 04/14/2020 08:29AM

I hope so too. ** -- MP4VT2004 04/14/2020 08:34AM

Agreed, but given the choice between that and...

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