As the Virus Rages, Some Are Convinced It's Too Late to Stop It

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

COEUR d’ALENE, Idaho — The congregation of Candlelight Christian Fellowship gathered around tables in the church sanctuary one night last week to sip coffee and grapple with theological questions. From down the hall came the laughter of dozens of children at play.

With a potluck dinner, no masks and plenty of shared hugs, the night felt like a throwback to the pre-pandemic era except for a noticeable exception on the stage: The lead pastor, Paul Van Noy, was addressing the congregation with the aid of supplemental oxygen, piped into his nostrils from a small tank.

About a month ago, Mr. Van Noy, 60, was discharged from a hospital in a wheelchair after a coronavirus infection brought him to the brink of death. But while that scare ravaged his lungs and rattled the church, it has done little to alter the growing sentiment among many people in northern Idaho that the coronavirus cannot be stopped and efforts to contain it are doing more harm than good.

“I think we just open up and we just let it take its course,” said Nancy Hillberg, 68, as church members mingled after the service. “Just let it be done.”

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/as-the-virus-rages-some-are-convinced-its-too-late-to-stop-it/ar-BB1aC0vC?li=BBnb7Kz

If you can keep it isolated to Northern Idaho then be may guest Nancy.

[BusyBeingBest]

1. We are much too late to stop it.

We (well, us responsible people) are trying to contain it so hospitals don't get overwhelmed--right back where we were in April.

[Zambero]

2. Then stay home and die

As a willing proponent and vector for "take its course" infection, kindly reserve limited hospital ICUs and medical care for those who might fall ill despite taking preventive steps.

[Caliman73]

3. Conservative logic at its best...

We can "Stop" it, so let's allow it to do the maximum amount of damage by ignoring it. They are stupid people. We are trying to buy time for vaccines and better treatment to be developed. We aren't trying to "stop" it. We are trying to slow the spread and keep it contained until we can actually stop it. Efforts to contain the virus are only doing harm because the Federal Government is withholding the aid that people need to wait the virus out.

The idiots do not realize that if we simply open up and "go back to normal" that there will be millions upon millions of people dead in the next 6 to 8 months. We lost 650,000 people to the 1919 Flu and the spread and death rate for COVID-19 is 10 times worse. Conservatives are so myopic.