Anyways, at this rate, we should just have a strict national lockdown. Three weeks, no exceptions, and no interstate travel when possible.
Masks should also be mandatory and result in fines at the very least if not worn.
We are in the same situation we were in March, can we please not screw up this time like I warned about?
This is the only way to save our economy at this point.
If you have a national lockdown, infections will just rise again a month later. Maybe this will reduce deaths because we’ll have better treatment in a month. And it might be beneficial to implement lockdowns in some specific hot spots where the health care system is in danger of collapse. But this strategy is not going to reduce total infections in the long run.
It's not a 'on-off' thing; look at the European approach where restrictions are gradually easing and apart from local spikes, cases are still falling.
