It’s much easier to call people “selfish” for wanting to get back to work than it is to acknowledge the harm of longterm lockdowns. The same people who claim to care about saving lives are ignoring the dangerous consequences of ongoing lockdowns. Increases in domestic violence, unemployment, and mental health issues are only the tip of the iceberg.
The numbers of coronavirus cases simply do not justify keeping the nation closed down forever. In a matter of weeks, 30 million people have lost their jobs. How many more people have to sink into unemployment and other forms of turmoil before indefinite shutdown enthusiasts rethink their position?
Moving the Goalpost
When shelter-in-place orders and lockdowns first began, those in favor marketed these measures as necessary tools not to overwhelm hospitals. Since hospitals are now no longer overwhelmed, the goalpost has moved.
Those who favor indefinite shutdowns now claim that America must remain shuttered until there are no more cases of COVID-19 or until there’s a vaccine. This simply isn’t reasonable.
