OT: Coronavirus

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@JimmyinSD said:

LMAO. Honestly, I definitely am drinking more alcohol during this crisis. My wife too. Same with friends. Hitting it harder than usual. 

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@mjollnir_k said:
Anybody find it extremely disturbing while reporting new cases there is no substance to the report ie with symptoms in or needed hospitalization.  If we treated any other disease the way this one is being treated I know the numbers would be extremely different.  Yes there is a definite line with the vulnerable but in reality are we not suppressing the majority in favor of the minority?  

I guess we should just put our head in the sand and wait for the medical community to completely collapse---

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@Akvike said:

@mjollnir_k said:
Anybody find it extremely disturbing while reporting new cases there is no substance to the report ie with symptoms in or needed hospitalization.  If we treated any other disease the way this one is being treated I know the numbers would be extremely different.  Yes there is a definite line with the vulnerable but in reality are we not suppressing the majority in favor of the minority?  

I guess we should just put our head in the sand and wait for the medical community to completely collapse---

Actually the shut down had the exact opposite effect,  Many lost their jobs and the medical community did not get slammed as expected.  Yes some were stress and had to transfer patients but neither Mercy or Comfort were even used.  And the emergency centers collected dust more then anything.

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@mjollnir_k said:

@Akvike said:

@mjollnir_k said:
Anybody find it extremely disturbing while reporting new cases there is no substance to the report ie with symptoms in or needed hospitalization.  If we treated any other disease the way this one is being treated I know the numbers would be extremely different.  Yes there is a definite line with the vulnerable but in reality are we not suppressing the majority in favor of the minority?  

I guess we should just put our head in the sand and wait for the medical community to completely collapse---

Actually the shut down had the exact opposite effect,  Many lost their jobs and the medical community did not get slammed as expected.  Yes some were stress and had to transfer patients but neither Mercy or Comfort were even used.  And the emergency centers collected dust more then anything.

Yes it had that effect, of course it would, but the question is how long will it last.  And your assertion that the medical system did not get slammed, is a matter of opinion.  As far as employment that's all the talk about a U or V shaped recovery, and we are managing to avert both.  The stock market is doing okay, but the majority of folk affected by job loss are not reflected in those numbers, the investor class is okay.  In other economies social health and welfare are integral, ours is pure profit and wealth accumulation.  You know the old cliche, " the rich get richer and the poor get poorer". 

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https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/status/...45601?s=19

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@Vikergirl said:

I think that last line would be applicable to a lot of our countries perceived wrongs.

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@Vikergirl said:

This woman would not agree. Can anyone explain this anti-mask thing to me? The "slave" comment is a whole other topic, but anyone here so anti-mask they would get on public transportation without one? 

https://twitter.com/ThisIsMeg2/status/12...74465?s=20

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Insanity. Do people understand the difference between inconvenience and oppression? Its a @#$%ing mask for christ's sake. Its a very, very EASY thing to do (wearing one). We live in an idiocracy. 

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I wish I lived in a world where this would surprise me...

Then again, why should it be surprising? Hell, we still had a sizable % of Americans still preaching isolationism post Pearl Harbor. We're just different - or right and wrong  :p

Very small % of Britains are wearing masks right now and that country got slammed with Covid. Where as if you look at the mask data in Spain and Italy ? The #'s are in stark contrast. Part of the problem in Britain is lack of a cohesive message, rules and Boris and other public officials didnt start wearing a mask publicly till very recent. 

Sound familiar???