yet you claimed... and you put the emphasis on "everyone" here what you just wrote a few minutes ago... "Yes... in this country we have quarantined EVERYONE in the past by city/state not just the "high risk" in previous disease outbreaks. I provided information on this regarding the 1918 flu and 1940s/1950s polio epidemic." admit you lied and we can begin to have a discussion.. you can then begin to see the truth. I believe you are so fearful you don't mind lying and distorting fact... and they you starting thinking what you lied about is truth. I don't think you are a liar at heart. I think you are very fearful. Maybe rightly so, if you are high risk.
I always stated the facts exactly. If you want to quibble over the definition of EVERYONE than that's your issue. You claims that they merely closed theaters and pools during the polio epidemic are absurd. The articles described the closure of roads in/out of towns, the schools being closed, and everyone except for essential workers staying at home -- all with phased re-openings. All of this should sound very familiar today. The articles about the 1918 flu described the measures enacted in each city with start/stop dates. Feel free to go read them.
Provide quotes of a nationwide quarantine and a link... its very simple. stop you bullshitting and provide quotes and links... I read the crap you gave me. it did things like compare what SF did vs what philly did. And most people were still going to work. If you have something useful about "EVERYONE" being quarantined nationwide ... quote in a provide the link. or even something close to what we had and have. I still have not seen it. Which is why I think you are lying. As I said I read the links you gave me... and you links did not describe anything like we have suffered. Your links described lockdowns of limited things in limited geographies.
I am not going to provide the quotes and links over and over and over again. Go do a search and find the past postings yourself. I never stated there was a nationwide quarantine. We don't have a nationwide quarantine today. Why do you keep insisting that we currently have a nationwide quarantine today when this is not true? There are at least 7 states with no lockdown at all. Today we have lockdowns of limited things to limited geographies. All at different stages of the cycle. All of it is led by states and localities (same as in 1918 & 1940s/1950s) and not imposed by the federal government. Today is no different than these earlier times in terms of policy response.
Other than the local hair salon you mentioned the risk is pretty much the same. Skin to skin contact is high risk. Me in a grocery store is no less risky than me in a restaurant. People are in close proximity in both places, strangers are touching things that then other people touch. If it doesn't involve skin to skin contact the risk is all the same. Risk doesn't just magically go away or even become reduced just because some wanna be King says so, or deems one activity as essential and another not.
Time of exposure is important. In a restaurant you are seated near other people for a longer period of time. You are waited on by staff for a longer period of time. Your contact possibilities (plate with food, glass, silverware, etc.) are much greater including the number of people touching items (cook, server, etc.) when you are out dining.
Risk is risk necessary or not. Are you implying that Covid has sympathy for us so long as we're shopping for necessary items? I guess this is one mysterious bug, it actually has a conscious. Brings up a whole new moral dilemma.
You're never been with my wife in a grocery store. I could eat a five course meal and she'd still be in isle 3. Kidding aside, a trip to the grocery store or Home Depot typically takes quite some time and interactions with other people.
No, I'm stating the undisputed fact that reducing your exposure time to places where COVID may linger reduces chances of catching the bug