Name:   MartiniMan - Subject:   Wix.....you've proved my point on a smaller scale Date:   5/1/2020 10:16:56 AM

So the number of cases per 1M in population between Sweden and Georgia is about the same but the Swedes have more deaths per 1M.  It actually proves my point.  Sweden with few restrictions equivalent in cases to Georgia which shut down its economy.  Sweden with nationalized health care has more deaths per million in population than Georgia with our private heath care system.  All works for me!

As for them living alone, that doesn't mean they don't go to work, go out to restaurants, etc.  Now if you told me they lived like hermits then I would ask how the virus is spreading at all.......but obviously they don't and it is.  But as for cases per million population it is right in line with GA.  Deaths are higher for some reason.  May be their population is older, may be the health care system, may be some other factors or combination of factors.  

It's starting to sound like to me you'd like to see the restrictions continue and an economic depression.  Not me.  I see the whole picture and have no plans to sit in a corner sucking my thumb and worrying about this virus.  Be prudent, social distance, practice good hygiene and isolate yourself if you are not feeling well.  And if you are older or have some other co-morbidity for crying out loud use common sense and stay isolated.  The rest of us will go about our lives, get the economy going and so on. 

And if things do indeed take a turn for the worse they can ramp up the restrictions.  But have faith....be optimistic....hope for the best.  This will all be over just like every single bad flu season, pandemic and plague has in the past.  And be assured there will be another one.....could be worse, could be more mild, but it will happen again.  Hopefully we've learned some hard lessons about what not to do.