People are acting like the point of all this is to prevent anyone from getting infected, and the time for that was back in January when Republicans were lying to the public about the danger while privately profiteering on it. It's too late for that now. The only way out is through.

You make a valid point, that this didn't have to get NEARLY as out-of-hand as it did. I remain convinced that this was absolutely deliberate.

You only have to see the Republicans' plan to immunize businesses from coronavirus-related lawsuits to know what the real point of their reopening plan is.

Exactly. Fuck the middle class even more than they've already been fucked. It amazes me how selfish our policymakers are.