Coronavirus Thread

[Techster]

 

[FredJacket]

**** is literary hitting the fan all over the world now. It's getting bad.

If you mean literally... I think you're in the wrong thread.

 

[Boaty1]

We are going to panic our way into an economic meltdown.

 

[Pointer]

I originally thought it was well within the realm of possibility that China developed COVID-19 as a bioterror weapon as a low impact way of sending a message to US, Europe, etc. Then in typical communist fashion, they f’d up and inadvertently attacked themselves. I didn’t consider that they could possibly be doing own nation population control. Sounds crazy, but figuring out a way to cull their herd sure solves a crap ton of economic issues they have with their aging population.

https://time.com/5523805/china-aging-population-working-age/

Liberty, you're great and we get along pretty well, but so you actually believe this?

 

[dtm1997]

 

[Techster]

Interesting experiment.

Start at the beginning of this thread and count how fast new events start cropping up on each page. Now use it as a litmus test for the rest of the nation.

Or don't. There's always comfort in shutting yourself off and ignoring the world.

 

[dtm1997]

Here's an example of real journalism. Get your scoop, corroborate sources, break the news.

 

[Boaty1]

Interesting experiment.

Start at the beginning of this thread and count how fast new events start cropping up on each page. Now use it as a litmus test for the rest of the nation.

Or don't. There's always comfort in shutting yourself off and ignoring the world.

Hmm. I wonder how many traffic related deaths there were today? Imagine if everyone was posted immediately along with the simple fender benders that turned out be nothing but a scare.

I think we would be worked up into quite the frenzy. How far are you ok with these preventative measures going? There will be a real economic impact that will become greater the longer and more aggressive these preventive measures get.

But bury your head in the sand if you would like. There is always comfort in shutting yourself off from the world.

 

[Techster]

Hmm. I wonder how many traffic related deaths there were today? Imagine if everyone was posted immediately along with the simple fender benders that turned out be nothing but a scare.

I think we would be worked up into quite the frenzy. How far are you ok with these preventative measures going? There will be a real economic impact that will become greater the longer and more aggressive these preventive measures get.

But bury your head in the sand if you would like. There is always comfort in shutting yourself off from the world.

Car crashes versus an infectious disease is an absolutely dumb analogy. If you don't understand why, then there's nothing anyone can say to convince you.

Carry on though.

 

[Techster]

Rich Emory kids crashing all their fancy cars ruining classes for the rest of the students on campus, right @Boaty1 ?!

 

[Techster]

Still not addressing mitigation and containment...but hey look at the piles of money...

 

[Boaty1]

Car crashes versus an infectious disease is an absolutely dumb analogy. If you don't understand why, then there's nothing anyone can say to convince you.

Carry on though.

You clearly have bought the hype. You’ve been duped.

Do you even know how many people works wide that have died from this?

 

[kg01]

Not a good look, Fred ...



"Hope he's ok"? Mfer shoulda stayed his arse at home.

 

[Techster]

You clearly have bought the hype. You’ve been duped.

Do you even know how many people works wide that have died from this?

You're right. This is just all hype. Until enough people die to make someone like you happy we should just continue living life.

I'm sure the rest of us are glad most other people are taking this seriously to keep the deaths from spiraling. Don't worry, we are all witnessing in real time what happens when the government of one of the largest developed countries isn't taking this seriously. I just hope you're right...this is all just hype and most people are being duped. For the sake of the elderly and those not insured, we hope it's what you're saying.

 

[kg01]

You're right. This is just all hype. Until enough people die to make someone like you happy we should just continue living life.

I'm sure the rest of us are glad most other people are taking this seriously to keep the deaths from spiraling. Don't worry, we are all witnessing in real time what happens when the government of one of the largest developed countries isn't taking this seriously. I just hope you're right...this is all just hype and most people are being duped. For the sake of the elderly and those not insured, we hope it's what you're saying.

Wait, people think travel from a continent is suspended because .... hype?

Leagues are costing themselves literally hundreds of millions of dollars ...just 'cause?

... mmkay.

 

[Boaty1]

Wait, people think travel from a continent is suspended because .... hype?

Leagues are costing themselves literally hundreds of millions of dollars ...just 'cause?

... mmkay.

That was me. And yeah... I think people have been duped. In 3 months less than 5k have died world wide. 30 people have died in U.S. and half of those cane from a nursing home where people were on their last leg anyway. It’s only affecting a specific segment of the population so I certainly question all the panic. I sincerely believe the panic will cause a greater impact than the virus.

In 2010 the swine flu took out half a million people world wide and 12k here in the US. It also attacked people indiscriminately rather than focusing on the elderly. Hundreds of children died with the swine flu. Yet through all that we saw nothing like the panic we are currently seeing. I simply don’t understand why.

Data matters. From what I’ve seen this is not nearly as scary as the reaction to it is

 

[CuseJacket]

Not a good look, Fred ...



"Hope he's ok"? Mfer shoulda stayed his arse at home.

Diagnosed with influenza A.

Flu vaccine is only 37% effective against influenza A (H1N1) this year, as one example, if that’s even the A strain he has.

 

[LibertyTurns]

Liberty, you're great and we get along pretty well, but so you actually believe this?

Almost 100% positive this virus emanated from the bioterror weapons lab in China. It’s damn near certain. The intent of the virus hard to say and it’s likely we’ll never know. Weird how this virus doesn’t seem to affect children but has an extraordinarily high mortality rate for old & infirm. It’s just what China needs to fix one of their major issues. You have to think like a Commie. They believe government can control everything.

US Intel may know, however in today’s climate they may propagate a false narrative or suppress knoweldge for political gain. It’s not just the politicians that have huge skin in the game, US intelligence is enormous money for fat cat corporations.

 

[Milwaukee]

“People are panicking, worst-case scenario-ing, losing sight of the low numbers and overpersonalizing the risk.”

 

[Deleted member 2897]

Something I just realized:

Outside of travel bans, most of the precautions being taken are by organizations (NCAA, Schools, Sports leagues, businesses, etc.) and local government. The Federal level has pretty much stood by and not given much direction.

Contrast that to other countries. Keep in mind, we are a month into ID'ing our "patient zero" on American soil. America seems to be a boat at sea in the middle of storm right now.

Hasn’t given direction - what do you mean?

You have a very weird and misguided hate in your posts right now.