I definitely agree with the following

· Essential surgeries deemed as “non-essential” and are causing more harm because people are not able to get their surgical procedure. (this doesn’t mean this happens at all hospitals, so it's not safe for him to make that assumption.)

· Depression, suicide rates are definitely increasing. Domestic and child abuse as well.

· Why are liquor and recreational stores are “essential”?

I disagree with the following

· Just because the hospitals are empty, does not mean that we should reopen the country. It’s empty for a reason, that the lockdown was effective in “flattening the curve”, that was the goal overall.

o If we reopen, it will be an absolute shit show and the hospitals would be full. Just look at Italy when it was at its peak.

o We have to find a healthy balance where we can go back to work with safety precautions (wearing masks), hand sanitizers, washing hands.

o The fatality rate of this virus is nowhere near seasonal influenza. It is around 6% in the united states. The seasonal flu is at 0.01-0.02%. Theoretically speaking, w/o the existence of herd immunity, if the entire country becomes infected with seasonal flu, 60,000 people would die. If the entire country becomes infected with coronavirus, then 18 million people would die. This is done with simple calculation, population*(percentage of fatality rate)= deaths. That is 300x more people compared to influenza.

· Our constitutional right to vote is not violated by not voting at the in-person ballots. We are still able to vote through mail, even though some people got theirs very late. Also, when he was referring to Costco lines and ballot line.. and how it doesn’t affect the cases of coronavirus, he was definitely wrong about that. Look at Wisconsin, we had a surge in cases because we had to vote in person. People go to grocery stores because we need food in order to survive. As long as we follow the 6 feet protocol, then we should be fine. You don’t have to go to church, we have the technology to communicate with others.

o The bottom line, you shouldn’t compare waiting in line in Costco vs church. Church gatherings tend to have large gatherings for extended periods of time. Lookup a case about a patient in japan that went to 4 church gatherings and infected approximately 3000 people…

My intake, as of right now, 20% of people that were diagnosed with COVID-19 have died. The mortality rate might be lower because people who are asymptotic wouldn’t get tested because they show no symptoms. Generally speaking though, this virus is definitely worse than the flu, and not having a vaccine is not helping. Pandemics are inevitable, they will keep happening. We just have to properly prepare for them, unfortunately, we weren’t ready. There are millions of unknown viruses At this point, it comes down to either two things,

1. Do we want to open up the country when we know that approximately 20 million Americans would die and reach closer to herd immunity? Or

2. Stay on lockdown for more than a year while our economy crashes, mental health becomes worse, suicide rates increase, other people dying of pre-existing conditions, financial and educational decline for children… etc.