thx EB. That’s my next book!I am reading The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton.
thx EB. That’s my next book!I am reading The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton.
So what do you suggest?
I seem to recall that the vast majority of the U.S. population objected to strict quarantines and lock-downs.
And there are plenty of good studies showing that there are a lot of really undesirable consequences, certainly economic but even medical, to lockdowns and quarantines.
Once again, I blame the media and the American love of Rambo ( the guy who took out the bad guys, and only the bad guys, while 10,000 rounds of ammunition sailed past him without hitting him) for the irritating blame game.
it is really pretty simple. The more quarantines and lock-downs you have, the lower the transmission and death rate that you have. But there is all the suffering and economic misery that accompanies it.
If you give people freedom, you have to accept greater transmission and death rates. War isn’t like it is with Rambo. A lot of soldiers on our side get killed. So war becomes unpopular very quickly, and the more the media shows those deaths, the less popular the war becomes - Vietnam and Iraq are good examples compared to WWII and Korea.
Is 100,000 - 120,000 U.S. deaths compared to 330,000,000 people constituting the U.S. population an acceptable number to continue having greater relative freedom? Notice that I didn’t abbreviate it as 330 million. It is still a relatively small number, which is why many Americans do not know personally anyone who has contracted or died from covid-19. I think you have to put numbers on things and do the analysis and make decisions. And use real numbers, even if they are big and you have to re-learn fractions and what a denominator is. Set that calculator to having a lot of numbers after 0 when you do division and get a calculator that can handle 7,800,000,000 (which I think is the earth’s population).
Sweden did very limited restrictions, but look at all the criticism they got. A lot of people here like Science and have more respect for the slow controlled process than I do. So here would be a fun idea. Divide Sweden into two parts and lock half the damn country down entirely and let the other half continue as it is now. No travel between the two at all. Analyze the full results in a year or two, and see which approach everyone likes better.
I suppose this applies to the mass gatherings on UK beaches recently with young hooligans beating the crap out of each other also.I suggest not having a mass gathering inside with thousands of people in Tulsa for starters
I guess you meant not anymore there isn’t.There isn’t a government led denial i the UK of the shitshow
I guess you meant not anymore there isn’t.
When you almost die yourself it puts things into perspective.
The first amendment gives them that right. Common sense is something else and it’s not covered under the first amendment.
Correct, that's why the looting and the tearing down of statues during a pandemic is illegal.Neither does stupidity.
Here is the inconvenient truth about a denominator of 7,800,000,000.
Even if a vaccine is developed, the risk-adverse might still not be able to come out of the house for four years.
Producing 7,800,000,000 doses is quite the task, especially if it is a two-shot process, and even more so if it is an annual shot due to mutations, like many experts predict.
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I was impressed by that scientist in a long-ago post who touted therapeutics and seemed to almost laugh at the concept of vaccines. I am starting to understand him now.
Interesting philosophical question. What if North America goes pure capitalist on this and sells the vaccine to each customer as a rationing mechanism, I.e., there are 50 million doses available after it is given for free to medical professionals, to cover 500 million people, so it costs say $5,000 for the vaccination until more is produced. Do some sex workers get their dose paid for by a bunch of their wealthier Johns chipping in, since all their customers want them to be safe and healthy.
I have read a few about Trump saying to inject or whatever to bleach. Please, that is false, he mentioned a procedure and " asked " if it could be done, never said to to it, ever. See attached transcript.
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See the full video and transcript of Trump suggesting disinfectant might be injected as a coronavirus cure
Ingesting bleach or other disinfectant is not only incredibly dangerous, but it is not an effective treatment or cure for COVID-19.www.businessinsider.com
I have read a few about Trump saying to inject or whatever to bleach. Please, that is false, he mentioned a procedure and " asked " if it could be done, never said to to it, ever. See attached transcript.
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See the full video and transcript of Trump suggesting disinfectant might be injected as a coronavirus cure
Ingesting bleach or other disinfectant is not only incredibly dangerous, but it is not an effective treatment or cure for COVID-19.www.businessinsider.com