# How will people react if Covid-19 flares up when the lockdown ends? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Quarantine Zone\ **Tags:** covid-quarantine\ **Created:** [April 29, 2020, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-people-react-if-covid-19-flares-up-when-the-lockdown-ends/852805 "2020-04-29T11:54:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 198
**Author:** ![DMC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dmc/32/18049_2.png) [@DMC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMC)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2020, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-people-react-if-covid-19-flares-up-when-the-lockdown-ends/852805/198 "2020-05-11T22:38:04Z")
> [@DSeid](#): > > ? > > It “comes from” the post it quoted that it was responding to. > > Which I stated is not was is actually the choice being presented by anyone. > Magiver. Maybe then instead of broad brushstrokes we can discuss the specifics of particular states? Did you miss this part of the post you responded to? [QUOTE=Dr. Drake] I prefer “financially destroyed” to “actually destroyed.” [/QUOTE] Dr. Drake’s post was in response this post: [QUOTE=Magiver] Seriously. Millions and millions of people are being financially destroyed. Those over 65 are retired or can retire. That incomes requires that people work to generate money for taxes to pay that income. They can shelter in place. There’s an extremely low death rate among children and none of them are considered essential workers so they can shelter in place. People with type 1 diabetes need to take extra care monitoring their blood sugar level but your 1 in 3 statistic is just an emotional rant. Age is the overall marker for death from this disease just as it is for the flu. We don’t shut the country down for the flu and we’re not going to shut down the country indefinitely for this particular virus. It’s been 8 weeks. We’ve prevented the health care system from being overrun and it’s time to go back to work. There will be peaks and valleys going forward just as there will be improvements in treatments. [/QUOTE] So, effectively, old people need to deal with the fact that we’re opening this shit up so that young people don’t go broke. Therefore the comparison is the **livelihood** of the 28 year old to the **life** of the 80 year old. To me that is a pretty easy answer, and the 28 year old may not be happy with my choice. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-people-react-if-covid-19-flares-up-when-the-lockdown-ends/852805)._