Covid-19: We don’t talk about 1-18

What other way was she going to be? Her initial statement was ignorant, so there is no way she can defend it with showing even more ignorance.

 

I was told years back that teachers teach you “how to learn”
But here they teach you how to score on your SATs.

 

Is a pedicure an essential part of Christ’s learning, didn’t they used to wash each other’s feet a lot back then?

 

Did she just run and hide again? I once again cant see her posts. If I am seeing this right she is a coward, as well as a liar and jackass.

The North Dakota governor is right about one thing -- people need to stop mask-shaming those who wear them. This is a communicable disease that puts others in jeopardy. The dude was breaking down in tears while delivering that message.

 

I mean, yes, I understand the virus is contagious. My wife, brother-in-law, and sister-in-law have all had it already. My kids and I went through a quarantine at home with my wife after she tested positive.

A large percentage, maybe most of us, are going to get it before a vaccine becomes available (if one ever does). I'm not sure what difference it makes if someone gets it at a pool party over Memorial Day weekend, or from a co-worker a month from now. Especially for younger people, for whom the risks are low of serious illness or death.

 

I agree that this is common, but it's more widespread than just "educated" people. I mean, just think how many people are convinced they can coach/manage professional sports teams better than the guys who are doing it?

 

That's probably for the best.

 

So, what difference does it make?
Oh, what difference does it make?
Oh, it makes none
But now Granny's gone
No more of her chicken soup to keep you warm tonight

 

We’ve covered this:

To prevent the health care system being overwhelmed.

I’m honestly all for dipshits being dipshitty: they should just have to sign a “I’m last in line for and am ok with being kicked out of a hospital bed for someone who was willing to social distance” form.

But they never would cuz RIGHTS!!11!1!!!

 

Leaving aside the shapeist and sizeist elements in this post... well, yeah!

 

Dude, you have to quit invoking reason. We are supposed to be ruled by fear, paralyzed to the extent that only govt can help us.

Most of them here know the numbers, and they know that outside of residential facilities such as nursing homes and prisons, people over 65, pre-existing medical problems, the risk for death is not that great. However, that messes up their narrative of "be afraid, only the government can help us." So just stop with your reason and sanity in the midst of what is supposed to be fearful panic.

 

You're very much a glass half-full kinda guy, aren't you.

 

Unless he pays for it himself, of course, and the cost of any additional security costs spent there. There's always that possibility...











Nah, I'm just fecking with yer

 

Where in the US are the hospitals overwhelmed?

 

Why I say - you calling us rubes, suh?

 

Oh Jesus fvck! They're not overwhelmed BECAUSE the adults among us have done our part. You can't possibly not understand this!

 

Wow. I had not seen that bit of news from North Dakota's Governor, good on him.

 

Last week the mayor of Montgomery, Alabama said they were out of ICU beds.

 

I always unconditionally approve your music references, especially if they're from the Smiths.

By the way, is it Robert Smith in your avatar or just a generic dark/new wave/'80s singer with a guitar?

And especially, what's up with your nickname? (Particulally interested because I am from Italy, Pizza's & Pizzerias' homeland, and Cascarino's surname probably source, although Tony wasn't).

 

There is nowhere in this country where the healthcare system has been overwhelmed. NYC came close, but they're an outlier for a lot of reasons. In the DC region, which is one of the supposed hot spots right now, hospitals are below their utilization level, compared to previous years. Some hospitals have been furloughing staff.

We've flattened the curve. Now, we need to move forward with the knowledge that the curve is going to "fatten" as we gradually reopen our economy. So long as the curve doesn't get high enough to overwhelm hospital capacity, there's no issue.

Basically, we all need to accept that people are going to keep getting infected, and some small percentage of them will be hospitalized and an even smaller percentage will die. And everyone needs to understand that low-risk people will likely be more comfortable with the situation going forward.

 

Poor things... they need to accept to die, huh? For a greater good, I suppose.

 

... some more than others by the sound of it

 

I admit that my take on this is likely driven at least in part by my personal experience. I know one former co-worker who was hospitalized due to covid, but he was in his 60's and had some pre-existing conditions. He recovered, thankfully. But, the other people I know who tested positive weren't super-young either. We're talking late 30's to early 50's. My wife had the worst symptoms in that group of people, and it wasn't really any worse for her than a case of the flu. I think we all look at this through the lens of our own personal experiences. If you know someone who got very sick or died, you're more likely to be more cautious.

So, as time goes by and people begin to accept that this isn't going away any time soon, lower-risk people will basically just start accepting the risk and moving on with their lives, like we do with so many other potentially dangerous things.

 

The Spanish Flu, which killed as many as 700,000 Americans (US population 107 million in 1920), infected 28% of Americans.

2.3% of Americans died from the Spanish flu. They didn't have a vaccine. If even half that number die from coronavirus, that would mean 3.7 million people dead.

On the other hand, if the government engaged in cash transfers for the next 12 months to keep people fed and housed, and we stayed socially distant for those 12 months, we could keep the death toll under 200,000.

I refuse to accept this. South Korea refuses to accept this. Germany refuses to accept this. Dozens of countries are refusing to accept this, and succeeding.

This blase attitude is disgusting.

 

This has nothing to do with fear. This is the government actually performing its role as it should. We don't have 12 millions health experts and epidemiologists in Illinois. For us to be able to responsibly address a rapid onset of a once-in-a-lifetime medical emergency we have to rely on a clear, science-based, centralized message.

I'm doing my part for the benefit of others, not out of fear. I'm a demi-god, as far as I'm concerned. I don't get sick. I'm 5'10, 155 pounds. I can drink two bottles of wine, a six-pack of PBR tall-boys, wake up the next day and run five miles. No exaggeration. Our next door neighbors, who we spend backyard time with all summers, are both restaurant people. The daughter had no symptoms. The wife describes her experience as a really, really bad flu. The husband got it real bad. On a couple of occasions they were about to go into the hospital but he toughed it out. His mom has been on a ventilator for 20+ days. It looked like she was done for, got moved to some fancy hospital, and got on some experimental treatment. Something involving ECMO. It is just now looking like she might, MIGHT pull through.