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Nobody was ever advocating for indefinite or long-term lockdown policies. That's a strawman.

Also: “ Durham leaving stay-at-home order in place indefinitely” https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nc/triangle-sandhills/news/202....

NJ stay at home order continued indefinitely | FOX 5 New York https://www.fox5ny.com/news/nj-stay-at-home-order-continued-.... And many many more...

Which universe do you live in?

“Los Angeles County, which has recorded the highest number of coronavirus cases and deaths in California, has extended stay-at-home orders indefinitely.”

https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/LA-to-extend-sta...

Exactly. It was time to get our feet under us, get PPE, get testing capacity up, get contract tracing in place etc. Kentucky, my state, has started opening up but is watching the numbers closely. No one wants to stay locked down.

It's going to be very interesting going forward. The American public (myself included more times than I would care to admit) is really good about moving on and having a short-term memory on things (Lots of these things happened back in 1918 with masks, social distancing, lockdowns, people hating the lockdowns, etc). I worry what happens when you couple that urgency to move on with something that, from all indications, cannot be swept under the rug.

we could be sweeping something else under the rug: knock-on effects of the shutdown. people are somehow just starting to realize that there's worse impacts of shutting down the economy than lower share prices. people go hungry. people riot. cities burn. innocents get killed throughout the whole process. we're just getting started if the economy doesnt turn around quick.

I would characterize basically all the the lockdowns as indefinite.

I guess it depends on how you define long term. I do have friends who think the lockdown should last in its current form (ie extended holiday with extra $600/week for the unemployed) until there's a vaccine.

Flattening the curve was the refrain but we seem to have forgotten that.

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