Substitute “seatbelts” for “lockdowns” in your comment and it will be equally valid. There is no question that lock downs have horrible consequences. Victims of domestic abuse, substance abuse and neglect suffer more than others and are absolutely at risk. We have lost a quarter of a million souls to this so far, and it is accelerating. There is no medical cavalry coming for months. Avoiding contracting the disease is literally the only thing we can do right now. I am speaking as a doctor. An overworked, exhausted, stressed out doctor. And I am a pediatrician. The ED docs, the ICU docs, the infectious disease docs have it far far worse. Nurses have it far far worse. If it is not worth doing for yourself, then do it to protect the ones trying to keep us alive. We are buckling under this, and if we break, you have no idea how bad it could get.
