[Sooner or later]

Originally Posted by Jeff Higgins

We succeeded in flattening the curve. Hospital admissions are up once again because, well, we are once again allowing elective surgeries. There is now room in our hospitals to do that. In other words, we have achieved the originally stated goals of all of the lockdowns. I think too many people have lost sight of that as the narrative has been constantly changing. We are now using far different justifications for the continued lockdowns. So, yes, while I agree with the original premise - that of flattening the curve, the seriousness of this virus, and all of the medically justifiable reasons for our initial lockdown strategies - we are now past all of that. It's becoming obvious that here in the U.S., at least, we are well past those medical justifications and have now moved on to other motivations for keeping the fear alive.

It's time to move on, put this behind us - understanding that we are no longer in any danger of overwhelming our medical system - and let the chips fall where they may. We will almost definitely see one last surge, but that surge will be well within the capacity of our medical system to absorb, especially if we put another hold on elective surgeries to do so.

I agree. The initial goal is no longer the goal. We still need to be diligent and watch for areas that could be overwhelmed but those should be localized restrictions and not huge areas.