My opinion might be controversial but here goes!

I think that the economic downfall is not worth the lives we may save. The economy is going into the toilet and small and medium sized businesses are being hit the hardest. Poverty and unemployment will be rampant not to mention the huge debt from government assistance right now (increased taxes, interest rates). Here in Canada most of the deaths are occurring in nursing homes. Nothing was set up to protect the elderly crammed together in these homes but yet we are required to stay home, leave our livelihoods to save elderly people right now. Hindsight is 20/20 of course but this never should have happened. Why wasn’t more done to prepare our hospitals for this? We are paying the ultimate price economically right now. Some economists are saying that the poverty that comes next will likely kill many more people and I tend to agree.

You guys in the USA with for profit healthcare are in even greater danger I think.

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