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Originally Posted by MahomesMagic
That was never the alternative. There was no one arguing to do nothing.
John Ioannidis stated that based on the numbers coming out of China and Italy we would need to focus on the elderly and those in nursing homes, especially those with multiple pre-existing conditions. A targeted response based on the data.
Instead, we locked down the young and healthy, closed schools, and in states such as NY sent Covid patients directly into the nursing homes.
Here is Dr. David Katz who said the same thing.
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Actually, some people were. Nationally, ~40% of deaths have come from nursing homes. The unfortunate reality is that no-elderly people staff nursing homes. Even with efforts to keep those staff from introducing the virus into homes, they have.