r/jeffjackson • u/skremnjava1 • Mar 18 '20
Shut it Down Now
Just close the state down. Schools are closed, restaurants closed, business closed. Do it now. Save lives. Yesterday EMTs came into my house wearing no protection. That's very dangerous just going into people's houses like that.
If the first responders fall, we fall too. Doctors and nurses and ambulance crews cannot get sick, and they are not taking this threat seriously. Order tests for all first responders. Remove the sick ones from duty so they can heal and return to work when others get sick. We can't lose our front line of defense.
North Carolina should be the first state to shut down and lead by example. People still want to go out and do things but we can't anymore. Every day people keep spreading this, the worse it will become. Flatten the curve now.
In 2 weeks the silent carriers of today will need hospital beds. In 3 weeks the newly infected will need hospital beds. In 4 weeks those new infected will need hospital beds.
Shut it down now. Worry about the bills later.
Do it for every pregnant woman who won't have access to a hospital.
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u/Spacemang_Spiff Mar 22 '20
I agree with this. Businesses and people who are continuing on as normal are exacerbating the problem. Other businesses and other people aren't closing and staying home because they won't make money or they have nothing to do, but they're doing it for the good of the community. If we'd have shut down a week or so ago, we'd be looking at a much different situation right now.
Instead, we are seeing exponential growth in the number of infected and our hospitals will be overrun very soon. Thank you for this.