[M T]

Nothing I said addressed America in general.  I only addressed California, and really only the Bay Area.
Nothing I said was about a vaccine. 
As far as the question mark, I'm sure you must know an adage about something in the form of a question that really has another purpose.
Your "question" tried to pursue a topic I wasn't talking about over a domain that I wasn't talking about, and you phrased it in a way that portrays me as having said it.  It felt like you were trying to suggest me as saying something that wasn't even close to what I said, and trying to paint me into some position I hadn't taken, for some purpose I don't know.

I can't say you did or did not "incorrectly state[] my position".  I made no such statement about any such position.

I've already talked about the tourniquet comparison.

If you really did think yours was a reasonable question, I apologize.  If you want to say anything more, please do so by a PM..

Shelter-in-place is not like a short-term course of drugs. A 6 or 8 weeks course of SiP doesn't cure the disease.  It's more like a tourniquet.  As long as you have it in place, it works.  Take it off and the bleeding resumes.

Just want to make sure I understand you.  America needs to shelter in place from now until there's a widely available vaccine for SARS-CoV-2?

I am offended that your response is trying to put words in my mouth.  Please refrain from trying to do that.   Next time, I may just respond in (un)kind.

The communicability of the disease hasn't changed.  The lack of immunity hasn't changed.  Our society & the world has taken drastic measures & costs.  We're seeing some progress, but also getting some of the stench of what the alternative is.

I apologize that my asking a question offended you.  Please note the question mark at the end of my sentence.  I didn't understand the logical conclusion from your sentence, and I'm simply asking you if I drew the appropriate inference from your statement.  Your statement was:

"Shelter-in-place is not like a short-term course of drugs. A 6 or 8 weeks course of SiP doesn't cure the disease.  It's more like a tourniquet.  As long as you have it in place, it works.  Take it off and the bleeding resumes."

I read that to mean that SiP is a tourniquet that must remain in place, and that it can't be 6-8 weeks.  My understanding, then, is that you are advocating that it remain in place -- otherwise, the bleeding obviously resumes.  To me, that implies that the SiP/tourniquet must remain in place until there's a clear and logical alternative, which I understand to be a vaccine.

If I have incorrectly stated your position, please advise.  BTW, you didn't need to say "I am offended that your response is trying to put words in my mouth.  Please refrain from trying to do that.   Next time, I may just respond in (un)kind."  You could just as easily have said "Mick, you don't have it right, here's what I really meant..."  That was all you had to do...

[M T]

Nothing I said addressed America in general.  I only addressed California, and really only the Bay Area.
Nothing I said was about a vaccine. 
As far as the question mark, I'm sure you must know an adage about something in the form of a question that really has another purpose.
Your "question" tried to pursue a topic I wasn't talking about over a domain that I wasn't talking about, and you phrased it in a way that portrays me as having said it.  It felt like you were trying to suggest me as saying something that wasn't even close to what I said, and trying to paint me into some position I hadn't taken, for some purpose I don't know.

I can't say you did or did not "incorrectly state[] my position".  I made no such statement about any such position.

I've already talked about the tourniquet comparison.

If you really did think yours was a reasonable question, I apologize.  If you want to say anything more, please do so by a PM..

Shelter-in-place is not like a short-term course of drugs. A 6 or 8 weeks course of SiP doesn't cure the disease.  It's more like a tourniquet.  As long as you have it in place, it works.  Take it off and the bleeding resumes.

Just want to make sure I understand you.  America needs to shelter in place from now until there's a widely available vaccine for SARS-CoV-2?

I am offended that your response is trying to put words in my mouth.  Please refrain from trying to do that.   Next time, I may just respond in (un)kind.

The communicability of the disease hasn't changed.  The lack of immunity hasn't changed.  Our society & the world has taken drastic measures & costs.  We're seeing some progress, but also getting some of the stench of what the alternative is.

I apologize that my asking a question offended you.  Please note the question mark at the end of my sentence.  I didn't understand the logical conclusion from your sentence, and I'm simply asking you if I drew the appropriate inference from your statement.  Your statement was:

"Shelter-in-place is not like a short-term course of drugs. A 6 or 8 weeks course of SiP doesn't cure the disease.  It's more like a tourniquet.  As long as you have it in place, it works.  Take it off and the bleeding resumes."

I read that to mean that SiP is a tourniquet that must remain in place, and that it can't be 6-8 weeks.  My understanding, then, is that you are advocating that it remain in place -- otherwise, the bleeding obviously resumes.  To me, that implies that the SiP/tourniquet must remain in place until there's a clear and logical alternative, which I understand to be a vaccine.

If I have incorrectly stated your position, please advise.  BTW, you didn't need to say "I am offended that your response is trying to put words in my mouth.  Please refrain from trying to do that.   Next time, I may just respond in (un)kind."  You could just as easily have said "Mick, you don't have it right, here's what I really meant..."  That was all you had to do...