Economy over health

[yhiaali3]

Here in my country the same thing, they have implemented the quarantine for the first time, but the economy has deteriorated significantly and people have become unemployed and upset about this bad situation, so the government has canceled the quarantine and I do not think that they will apply it again despite the increasing spread of the virus on a daily basis.
As for Costa Rica, this is a completely irresponsible and ill-considered step by the government, if the infection is transmitted by tourists from America, this could cause a disaster in the country because of these large numbers and I think that people there are never happy with this decision and prefer health over economy.

[sabbir2world]

You see these global pandemics are not new. It happened or I mean similar incidents like covid-19 happened in the past. That surely took many souls but couldn't stop the humans to advance further. 😁

[Latviand]

AFAIK, other countries are now allowing international flights while implementing restrictions. They can't really close international flights because it's one of the factors that's helping the economy. During the first few weeks/months of COVID, a lot of countries imposed restrictions on flights but they can't really do that for a long time.

It's a risk, but it's still okay as long as they are following protocols like if you travel from another country, you need to self-quarantine for 14 days before going out and that's what other countries are doing.

Because that brings a huge impact to the economy that's why it is the only thing that some of the governments are doing even if it is risky. That's why spreading of virus from countries to countries is still there. As soon as possible, if it is not that urgent and necessary, stay at your home and avoid travelling from one place to another.

If authorities are strict about implementing 14 day self-quarantine and people are responsible with that, then it is not the problem.

But governments just doing their thing, they don't want the state's economy to crash and affect its citizens. It also want its people to have a healthy living, while they are doing risky things so they can somehow support its citizens.

[Ucy]

I think the total lockdown was an extreme measure, probably without good research, and the weighing of the advantages/disadvantages.

I'd suggest that the good safety/preventative measures be followed while people are allowed to go to work. I find things like avoiding crowded places, using the face protections/masks, eating healthy, handwashing, outdoor gatherings, etc as sensible preventative/safety measures. But you have to do/apply this things rightly so they don't look meaningless.
Not everyone needs these ^ measures though, but for the sake of those who need them, we could all use or do them.

[Salamstar]

Another thing to note is how important a role they (Costa Rica) are playing in trying to revive their economy, do you think other nations will also follow suit and take risky measures like this one to generate funds needed for the fast recovery of the economy. Some people, in my country for example have been calling for fresh total lockdowns to be imposed as the only option to defeat the virus completely, I don't think any government can take that step again, what do you think?
Read the full news, it's a good read: https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/25/costa-rica-is-allowing-american-tourists-from-six-us-states.html

There are great concerns that the Corona pandemic and the resulting recession will lead to the first increase in the global poverty rate in three decades. As we face an uncertain future after the Coronavirus, policymakers in the world must do something to counteract the economic implications of the pandemic. If people do not die from disease, they will starve to death.

[kryptqnick]

The economy was shut earlier this year to accommodate efforts in tracing cases of corona virus and to stop the rapid spread, but from the news I'm about to share, I do not think any sort of wave or spread of the virus can shut down the economy again. Costa Rica as a country is a tourist attraction to people from different parts of the world, but majorly from the U.S., and that's to say the U.S. dollars plays a very important role in the Costa Rican economy.

More Americans travel to Costa Rica than any other nationality. In 2019, over 40% of all tourists to the country were from the United States.

Despite the United States of America having more than five million confirmed Corona virus cases, Costa Rica is opening it's borders to American tourists and to make things sound good, only Americans from six states:

Residents of New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Maine and Vermont will be able to fly into Costa Rica from Sept. 1.

Mind you this five states combined have had a total of about 694,765 confirmed cases of covid-19, which is about 20 times higher than the number of cases in Costa Rica. So it's obvious this is a move made to stimulate the Costa Rican economy, and can be said to be at the expense of health. This is very risky from the Costa Rican government and it'll cause huge backlash if it leads to a wide spread of covid-19 in their territory, as of course they will put the blame on this decision.

Another thing to note is how important a role they (Costa Rica) are playing in trying to revive their economy, do you think other nations will also follow suit and take risky measures like this one to generate funds needed for the fast recovery of the economy. Some people, in my country for example have been calling for fresh total lockdowns to be imposed as the only option to defeat the virus completely, I don't think any government can take that step again, what do you think?
Read the full news, it's a good read: https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/25/costa-rica-is-allowing-american-tourists-from-six-us-states.html

It's not just this country, it's pretty much every country in the world taking risks in order to save the economy. In my country we are experiencing record high numbers or new daily cases, deaths and hospitalizations (a few times a week new record beat the previous ones), but cinemas are open, beaches and restaurants are open, all kids are about to go to schools (as a school teacher, I'm especially worried about this one), and the public transport is overcrowded with safety measures systematically ignored. The problem is, it's hard to determine what is worse for the well-being of people. So it's not purely a profit-oriented cold-blooded approach. Yes, some will die from COVID-19, and these people would not have got infected under lockdown in the first place. However, if kids stay at home, the poorest people will suffer most because they'll either have to pay someone to stay with kids or one parent would have to stay home with a child (which is significant losses in family budget in both cases). And struggling to make a living is also a big problem. That being said, I think many people could stay home (teachers of many subjects can teach online just fine, and office workers could work from home, thus both earning and sitting with kids). But all this requires a lot of planning and would be difficult to fully implement. So as a result, I'm expecting the spring of Italy in the autumn of Ukraine, but I somewhat understand why the world is choosing this approach.

[whyrqa]

In the current situation in the world due to the coronavirus pandemic, it is very difficult to simultaneously maintain the level of the economy and people's health. The coronavirus spreads very quickly if people have constant contact with each other, but if people do not contact and, accordingly, do not work, then what kind of economy can we talk about. But not everything is so simple, because today I have more than once noticed the fact that large enterprises work because they bring profit to billionaires, and ordinary businessmen do not have the right to open their own store or cafe in order to receive at least some profit ... At the same time, people work in large industries without adhering to basic safety rules in a pandemic. Thus, not the economy, but the income of rich people is more important than the health of ordinary people.

[finaleshot2016]

If their economic analysts find it very worthy that sacrificing the people's healths for growth on the economy, then there's nothing wrong with that. Yes, they have a lot of COVID-19 confirmed cases on their country but it shouldn't be a reason to stop their means of growing their country which is the tourist attraction.

Cases - 37,292
Recovered - 13,471
Deaths - 397

Maybe they're also confident in their health care system for prioritizing the economy over health because based on the chart, comparing to our country, it's still better. Also, some of the data here in my country are said to be fake so those recovery counts aren't true and that's the reason why we shouldn't open our borders to other countries.

[TimeTeller]

If their economic analysts find it very worthy that sacrificing the people's healths for growth on the economy, then there's nothing wrong with that. Yes, they have a lot of COVID-19 confirmed cases on their country but it shouldn't be a reason to stop their means of growing their country which is the tourist attraction.

Cases - 37,292
Recovered - 13,471
Deaths - 397

Maybe they're also confident in their health care system for prioritizing the economy over health because based on the chart, comparing to our country, it's still better. Also, some of the data here in my country are said to be fake so those recovery counts aren't true and that's the reason why we shouldn't open our borders to other countries.

And aside from that, people should do their part also in combatting the continuous spread of the virus.
As much as possible, they should follow strictly the health protocols prescribed by the govt such as social distancing and use of face mask/face shield.
A lot of governments are in desperate move to open again the economy because many people are already suffering from the closure of businesses.
We can support our government by following their health protocols and as much as possible go outside only when necessary.