Originally Posted by
jutes
No, they care about re-election. It would be political suicidal to come out and say “we are going to continue life as normal”. Can you imagine the Karen’s that come out and demand that something be done? People absolutely freak the fuck out at the thought of having hospitals overwhelmed and at capacity. This is the only driving factor behind lockdowns. Hospitals will be full, you won’t get the care you need and you will die. Has it ever occurred to governments to expand hospitals into the field and treat the less sever cases elsewhere? Probably not because having people 2-3ft apart in beds stacked inside football stadiums if fucking terrifying. We are currently fucking over the current and future generations to give a few more years to the past. Our handling of this virus, as a species, is nothing short of disgraceful. Humanity was born on this planet and we will die here.