To those criticizing the re-opening of businesses and public spaces...

[DBoon]

34. How many people do you propose to allow to suffocate to death of Covid 19

as an acceptable cost of re-opening businesses? We already have over 85,000 deaths, how many more are ethically acceptable?

Any opening strategy will result in further spread of a deadly infection for which we have no effective treatment.

How many should be allowed to die? Would you be willing to be one of those? Why not? Is it because someone else's death is acceptable but not yours?

What do we say to the family and loved ones who died so the economy can open? Do the dead get a posthumous medal for their sacrifice, as we do with members of the military who give their lives for their country or do we just say "too bad, I'm alive and you aren't"?

The phrasing of the question as "under what conditions should businesses re-open" completely evades the ethical issue of killing tens of thousands of people in the process.

I find it absolutely horrific that we are speaking in these terms. I cannot believe we have come to this.

WE ARE ACCEPTING THE DEATH OF TENS OR HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF LIVING PEOPLE TO AVOID "A HUGE BURDEN ON SMALL BUSINESSES AND THE WORKING CLASS". WHAT KIND OF MORAL MONSTER CAN EVEN SUGGEST THIS?