From the battle ground of the ongoing corona crisis the question emerges what price Governments are willing to pay to save the lives of their citizens? They won't answer the dreaded query of course, but we can infer it from their actions. Because there is no cure or vaccination, politicians must choose between letting nature take its course, or fight it with the limited means at their disposal, at a very high price to the tax payer and the economy?
The Rush Limbaugh Show March 31, 2020.
Rush Limbaugh yesterday cracked the moral code of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. He handed us the key with his observation that what separates this outbreak from any of the usual seasonal flus, is the fact we have no known cure or vaccination against COVID-19. In other words, we have no other means of combatting it than with A. so called "herd immunization" -- in fact laisser faire, taking the high price of the dizzying mortality rate for granted -- or B. fight it with the limited means that we have, such as (selectively) closing the borders, quarantine, testing testing testing, voluntary "shelter in place" type rules and "social distancing".