Are lockdown measures inviting a tsunami of death and destruction?

Now with data coming out of NYC, California and other places by researchers at esteemed colleges and universities like Stanford, USC and Oxford among others...that the overall mortality rate is less than 0.5% and possibly as low as 0.1% which would put it on par with the seasonal flu at the low end.

Now are we finally ready to start examining the enormous damage lockdown measures are going to have?

The United Nations is warning of a global famine of "Biblical Proportions" caused by the pending financial crisis of shutting down a big chunk of the global economy: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/...hreats-coronavirus-economic-downturn-n1189326

If you're living in the west and are more concerned about issues close to home, Christianity Today is doing an amazing job highlighting the damage being done to the poor and marginilized by the measures being taken:

https://www.christianitytoday.com/c...k_04PGWGyMEyzfVjLYiAF2brc9GdNXSy4XBsUbJBh_oRY

I've seen suggestions that anyone protesting lock down measures, that they should be forced to work in a NYC nursing home or ICU. Maybe everyone complaining about protesters should be forced to go to East Africa to help the 300,000 people who are forecast to die every single day over a 3 month period toward the end of this year.

Both NBC and Christianity today are liberal sources and should be taken with a grain of salt. But anyways what people dont understand is when this was first beginning, no one knew how bad it was going to be and rumors was that it was a biological weapon either accidentally or purposely released. Which means more attacks could occur.

Also the mortality rate may be low but that wasn't the biggest concern. This virus is extremely contagious, and lives within the host for weeks. Overwhelming the hospitals. We saw this all across Europe.

Even if we are facing apocalyptic death or destruction. Our hope is in the spiritual not the physical. We will band together and we will survive. Our ancestors have been through worse.

The pandemic is over, sayeth the Lord.

I believe you are misinformed. It was not an economic shutdown, but an economic slowdown that is in a recovery mode as has happened in past decades. There were no lock down measures in this region that I've heard about, but I did hear about a protest to restrictions on business activities because the benefits of resuming normal business activities far outweigh any benefits of social distancing since the pandemic is under control and therefore such restrictions are causing more harm than good such as social unrest and an increase in crime and dangers to children and vulnerable people due to social isolation which is also harming the economy are gradually being lifted and normal economic benefits are in a phase-in mode to return to normal operations as soon as possible. Further economic restrictions would amount to economic sanctions which are no longer cost-effective and are no longer necessary.

Around here, there are roughly 200,000 veterans by a reasonable estimate, the national guard, off-duty authorities, civil authorities, hunters, and this is still a society where citizens have the right to own legal defensive weapons, so the peaceful expression of the reality that citizens are no longer going to tolerate an unnecessary limitation of public freedom was a welcome way to end the successful proactive victory over the viral pandemic, and therefore they should not be punished in any way, but rewarded for being part of the economic recovery.
Economic sanctions are not a viable way to counter biological threats, because it has been contained.

I'd like to see some proof of your estimates in the last paragraph. But it is tragic that so many people die around the world from man-made causes such as hunger and abortion and viral threats each year should never be considered routine or an acceptable loss of life.
The poor should never be oppressed, and suffering people who have suffered enough.
I care about the poor and am poor myself, and have been trying to help those in need which is a commandment of the Lord in the Bible.

Now with data coming out of NYC, California and other places by researchers at esteemed colleges and universities like Stanford, USC and Oxford among others...that the overall mortality rate is less than 0.5% and possibly as low as 0.1% which would put it on par with the seasonal flu at the low end.

Now are we finally ready to start examining the enormous damage lockdown measures are going to have?

Yes. All those who were part of this hoax

Anyone that thinks this virus is a scam or a hoax should get out and go to work in the nursing home, hospitals or even retail grocery stores. Amazon is hiring 75,000 people. Walmart is hiring 50,000 people. We need to get people off of welfare and off of unemployment and get them out working the jobs that need to be done right now. We need people to be productive, contributing members of society and not freeloaders. We should not be paying people to sit down and do nothing when there are so many essential jobs out there right now.

Both NBC and Christianity today are liberal sources and should be taken with a grain of salt. But anyways what people dont understand is when this was first beginning, no one knew how bad it was going to be and rumors was that it was a biological weapon either accidentally or purposely released. Which means more attacks could occur.

Also the mortality rate may be low but that wasn't the biggest concern. This virus is extremely contagious, and lives within the host for weeks. Overwhelming the hospitals. We saw this all across Europe.

Even if we are facing apocalyptic death or destruction. Our hope is in the spiritual not the physical. We will band together and we will survive. Our ancestors have been through worse.

Anyone that thinks this virus is a scam or a hoax should get out and go to work in the nursing home, hospitals or even retail grocery stores.

Amazon is hiring 75,000 people. Walmart is hiring 50,000 people. We need to get people off of welfare and off of unemployment and get them out working the jobs that need to be done right now. We need people to be productive, contributing members of society and not freeloaders. We should not be paying people to sit down and do nothing when there are so many essential jobs out there right now.

Well we are having very few new cases of the virus so things are beginning to open again and people are venturing out. We will be going into winter soon so hopefully things will continue to be positive. What I don't understand is cafes are open for takeaway and all the cakes and muffins are out in the open with no covering on them right where people are stopping and ordering at the till??

Anyone that thinks this virus is a scam or a hoax should get out and go to work in the nursing home, hospitals or even retail grocery stores. Amazon is hiring 75,000 people. Walmart is hiring 50,000 people. We need to get people off of welfare and off of unemployment and get them out working the jobs that need to be done right now. We need people to be productive, contributing members of society and not freeloaders. We should not be paying people to sit down and do nothing when there are so many essential jobs out there right now.

Exactly. More proof this is not a virus.

However, unless they are stopped, the government will start up phase 2 of the scam in Winter when the seasonal colds and flus commence. Instead of cold or flu, I bet the diagnosis will be "coronavirus", because the powers that be want to justify a lock down again (in order to force people to take a vaccination - Certificate Of Vaccination IDentification - for this non-existent virus).

Exactly. More proof this is not a virus.

However, unless they are stopped, the government will start up phase 2 of the scam in Winter when the seasonal colds and flus commence. Instead of cold or flu, I bet the diagnosis will be "coronavirus", because the powers that be want to justify a lock down again (in order to force people to take a vaccination - Certificate Of Vaccination IDentification - for this non-existent virus).

We are not facing apocalyptic death and destruction until the Lord says so. Jesus told James and John, seriously disciplining them as He did me this summer saying I (Christians) "can say that the Apocalypse is near, but it is very dangerous to say it is here.". When I was missing the main message of the Gospel which is salvation, not death and destruction. He told James and John that, "The Son of Man has come to save life, not destroy it. Ye are greatly mistaken.". On His way to Jerusalem. The Apocalypse is a mysterious long term event with spiritual warfare happening which is not new, but appears to be increasing in recent decades and years. Revelation is an ongoing event for centuries, calling us as Christians to be vigilant, and not fall into apathy or lukewarm acquiesce.