Should the U.S. lock down again to stop the coronavirus? | AllSides - 29 views
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lennxbrown on 11 Jan 21I feel like we can't go on a full lockdown. This will make the economy even worse than it currently is.
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meganolson04 on 12 Jan 21I feel like there should be more regulation and rules but we should not go on full lockdown because it could cause many businesses to crash and close down.
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carmellahargens on 13 Jan 21even though many feel as though we should go into full lock down, I don't think it would be the best idea. especially because we had tried it in the beginning and people were still wandering around and two, we can't keep digging a hole for the economy
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thomaschau on 27 Jan 21I think if we go into a full lockdown, our economy won't be in the best place for the country and I don't think we are mentally strong enough to deal with a full lockdown.
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samhovey on 27 Jan 21This is why I believe that stimulus checks are necessary. Yes, many Americans would be left without an income if a lockdown was put in place, but that's why a stimulus check would be helpful. Money provided to those who need it during a lockdown would ultimately help enforce a lockdown long enough to see Covid-19 numbers go down.
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bklopp601 on 27 Jan 21I believe that if we go into a lockdown, our economy wouldn't be the same anymore and would get worst over time.
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morganbryan on 29 Jan 21I think that if we go into full lock down, people will freak out even more than they already are. Everyone would stock up on everything and we all know how that went with the toilet paper last time we tried to be on lock down.
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brandonwch on 01 Feb 21We absolutely need to go into full lock-down. Concerns about the economy, in my opinion, are entirely bunk. It's saying that it's okay for people to risk their lives unnecessarily so that a line can go up on a graph. I'd hope people have learned something, and would know that they don't need to hyperstock on certain things.
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zoedeveney on 01 Feb 21I think if we would have just gone on a nationwide full lockdown for 2 or 3 weeks at the beginning of this, we would be much better off. I think it would be a good idea, but with how far the pandemic has progressed, I'm not sure it would help as much as it would have a long time ago.
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vperez191 on 01 Feb 21It could have been better if we did something right away when Covid first started and not waited to do something. We could probably have stopped it from being so dangerous,
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owenjacobs on 01 Feb 21In my opinion a nation wide lock-down will not do anything but harm. There are still millions of Americans that have not been able to recover form the first wave of lock-down, as stated in the story up above. And i know that a huge counter argument is that the government can just pay us more during a lock-down. While that is true that would put us further and further into debt that we are struggling to get out of. A Lot of it comes down to the people, by that i mean that people have to take others into consideration, wearing a mask, social distance. That way Americans can still go to work and provide for their family's without the help of the government.
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thepriceisright on 01 Feb 21I agree with you Zoe, but in order for that to work, every country would have had to do a lockdown. and sadly we didn't know the severity back then so people still had an excuse to be ignorant.
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abbidominguez on 01 Feb 21I believe a full lockdown is necessary if people ever want to go back to living their lives as "normal" again. There are plenty of other countries living covid free as they did a strict lockdown in the beginning, as we should have done. A few weeks of a strict lockdown isn't going to kill us just as it didn't kill anyone in the other countries where strict lockdowns occurred.
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ericschmidtberge on 01 Feb 21I feel like another lockdown would help if not eliminate the virus but like last time not everyone cooperated and if history shows that it won't be worth locking down again then there's not really a point. Another impact of locking down like some comments and brought up is the economy getting severely worse than it already is. In a perfect fantasy land bills would freeze, everyone would get stimulus checks that wouldn't run out and the virus would go away but that is all super unlikely if another lockdown occurs.
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bflores247 on 01 Feb 21while we cant go on a full lockdown, there needs to be tighter restrictions on people, or heavier responses to keep infections down
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tkoesters274 on 01 Feb 21I think that going into lockdown or some kind of restriction would help slow the spread of the virus, but not stop it. People would not cooperate to stop the spread of the virus completely. Other countries that had strict Covid restrictions are doing much better than the United States, and some have even eliminated covid completely. If the US could do that it might work, but the economy would still get worse during the lockdown.
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mcaamal on 01 Feb 21If the outbreak is getting worse I think that we should do some sort of lock down. Maybe some restriction so that less people are in large groups so that we can control the virus.
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greenleighd on 01 Feb 21Since we can't go into a full lockdown I think they should make the restrictions more known if people aren't wearing a mask in public I think they should be fined but, I think the amount of money should be high so people will think twice.
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mgerman776 on 01 Feb 21I'm not real sure on what to do in this siutation. If we shut down our country, our economy will go down. If wes stay open, more covid cases. I dont know which one is worse.
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cadenoles on 01 Feb 21I don't think the US can handle another lockdown. The economy tanked the first time and I cant imagine how bad it'll get if we lockdown again
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ahayden204 on 01 Feb 21we should not lock down again it will hurt the economy
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nick_rice on 01 Feb 21I think we should have more restrictions but I don't think we should go into full lockdown or else people will lose jobs and businesses
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saraivargas on 08 Feb 21I feel like we haven't been on a full lock down, in some states they are more serious about COVID, in others there's not even a mask mandate.
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bigslide on 08 Feb 21I thinnk people dont realize how big corona is in the US because of ignorance, lack of respect and decency, and or just they don't know. If we need to lock down, we need to lockdown. No uts no butts no coconuts. Fighting this is what got us here in the first place. We could be like other countries where they have respect for each other and themselves, and corona is almost gone or very low.
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laceyperry067 on 08 Feb 21There are definitely a lot of things to consider, like our economy, if we were to go into lock down. I just don't thing it's possible right now but we should still have restrictions.
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ianduffey on 08 Feb 21I feel like we should but are not able to go on another lock down
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gbrochu915 on 08 Feb 21No we should not go on lockdown again because no matter how much we do that it will slow it down but it wont stop it and it also will just go right back up one the lockdown is over.
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arosas733 on 08 Feb 21things are starting to calm down more than before and were just learning to live with it as we do any other virus. With the vaccine now people are going to feel safer and hopefully, it actually will be saving lives. If it gets worse a shutdown may be the best option, but right now learning to live with it is the better option.
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vperez191 on 08 Feb 21I think we could go on lockdown again but there is no point anymore because we should of done that right away when it first started and people are getting the vaccines already so it doesn't really matter if we do or don't.
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bflores247 on 08 Feb 21I don't think we need a full-scale hardcore lockdown, we do need tighter enforcement of mandates and stricter punishments for not following public safety, I get people don't want to, but that one person who didn't wear their mask could end up getting your loved ones sick, if everyone just followed guidelines we would get out of this funk sooner
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lamador794 on 08 Feb 21The country is divided over the false binary of financial and health security. Reopening is not enough to ensure economic prosperity, but setting a lockdown is also not enough to contain the virus and prevent needless death.
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joeypo10 on 08 Feb 21Another lock down would just cause more discomfort and an economic fall. With people not being able to work it would be very difficult to keep the economy great and balanced. If another lock down was to occur more people would be bothered because they just want to go back to normal life.
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hannahliwai on 08 Feb 21I personally don't think we need to go on full lockdown again especially since the new covid vaccine. i think that it's okay to lift some rules and regulations on public places, but we still need to wear masks and stay safe until the pandemic is completely over
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zeaksorensen on 09 Feb 21I don't think we should go into another full lockdown with closing down non-essential stores because too many businesses had to shutdown or almost had to after the first lockdown.
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redrose99875 on 10 Feb 21I don't think we should have to lock down again, we're in the process of releasing the vaccine, and less people are dying
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thomaschau on 11 Feb 21I don't think we should go back t=into another lockdown because I don't think our economy will do very good and I think some peoples mental health won't be in the best place if we do another lockdown
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lhunter952 on 22 Feb 21If we went into a lockdown our economy would suffer tremendously and there is no point. If we go into lockdown then I don't really see the point of all of the vaccinations and all of the other mandates we have.
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joeypo10 on 22 Feb 21Having another lock down would just put the United States into a far worse situation. More people would lose jobs, more people would go into debt, and our economic status would fall tremendously. I agree with luke in the fact that going into lockdown would just make the vaccine pointless because nobody would be going out anymore.
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ahayden204 on 22 Feb 21no we will lose alot of money
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eballenger on 22 Feb 21I dont think we should go into lockdown because if we expose our bodies to the virus steadily and take vitamins and antibodies our immune system will be stronger and get closer to fighting off the virus.
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bklopp601 on 22 Feb 21I don't think we should go into lockdown again but if people keep lifting up their masks, we're probably gonna have to go into lockdown again.
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tsilva588 on 22 Feb 21I feel that the issue is passed on now and we no longer need the lockdown or quarantine. Most people have already passed this issue on in their heads.