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Message: <blockquote data-quote="KillerFrog InD KitchenSink" data-source="post: 3162015" data-attributes="member: 4967">Because a disorganized, decentralized response leads to confusion and inconsistency. In any emergency, clear consistent messaging is key. People want that, businesses and institutions need that in order to make policies and procedures and individuals want that to guide behavior. I definitely am not exaggerating the potential for overwhelming hospitals if we did nothing.  The shutdowns in early 2020 saved the system from collapse. We did not have the capacity to withstand an open spigot approach to the virus.  I do think it could be argued that we could have achieved similar outcomes with a shorter and less aggressive interventions though.  In that regard, I think it is important to remember that in the spectrum of covid response by all countries, the US was probably on the less aggressive side all in all.</blockquote>