Coronavirus (COVID-19) is too exciting for adults to discuss (CLOSED)

[Buckeneye]

That 1.5-3% rate is dropping as the virus spreads to better-prepared countries and as more testing is done. And you assume that every single one of the 330M will get it.

61 Million got swine flu and this appears to be every bit possible to infect those numbers.

 

[ScriptOhio]

 

[Crump's brother]

New Hampshire is closed as of Friday at Midnight. Also, the governor has closed schools until May 4.
I'd be shocked if I go back to school this year

 

[NJ-Buckeye]

Found out today that my next door neighbor had it in January while conventioning in Vegas. Taking no chances, I had to set their house on fire today.

Pics??

 

[MililaniBuckeye]

61 Million got swine flu and this appears to be every bit possible to infect those numbers.

And it's every bit possible that it won't, especially with the way we are attacking the spread...what the country is doing now is unprecedented in our history. Hell, we're three months into it and barely 75,000 have been infected in the entire country.

 

[MililaniBuckeye]

Dr. Deborah Birx: Media Has ‘Frightened The American People’ With Salacious Coronavirus Numbers

Nothing like some good ol' fear-mongering to generate ratings...

Birx’s remarks come after leftist talking heads like MSNBC’s Chris Hayes have claimed that the coronavirus could kill 1% of the U.S. population, which is over 3.2 million people.
[...]
CNN refused to air Birx speaking during the press conference and repeatedly cut away when she and Vice President Mike Pence spoke.

 

[lvbuckeye]

Epidemiologist Behind Highly-Cited Coronavirus Model Drastically Downgrades Projection

Epidemiologist Neil Ferguson, who created the highly-cited Imperial College London coronavirus model, which has been cited by organizations like The New York Times and has been instrumental in governmental policy decision-making, offered a massively downgraded projection of the potential deathtoll on Wednesday.

Ferguson’s model projected 2.2 million dead people in the United States and 500,000 in the U.K. from COVID-19 if no action were taken to slow the virus and blunt its curve.

However, after just one day of ordered lockdowns in the U.K., Ferguson is presenting drastically downgraded estimates, revealing that far more people likely have the virus than his team figured. Now, the epidemiologist predicts, hospitals will be just fine taking on COVID-19 patients and estimates 20,000 or far fewer people will die from the virus itself or from its agitation of other ailments, as reported by New Scientist Wednesday.

Ferguson thus dropped his prediction from 500,000 dead to 20,000.

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https://www.dailywire.com/news/epid...ed.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=63red

 

[OSU_Buckguy]

a few days ago: "that epidemiologist was wrong; we can't trust him."

today: "that epidemiologist is right; we can trust him."

 

[lvbuckeye]

The awful truth is we're not a well prepared country and we're still only testing more obvious cases.

the awful truth is that millions and millions and millions of people already have it, and ARE NOT dying, and we've shut down the entire world for a virus that only kills people that have comorbidity.

 

[OSU_Buckguy]

 

[MililaniBuckeye]

a few days ago: "that epidemiologist was wrong; we can't trust him."

today: "that epidemiologist is right; we can trust him."

No, it just shows that an highly-visible epidemiologist has changed his stance. But hey, we can't have someone who originally cried "The sky is falling!" turn around and say, "Oops, you know what, I might have fucked up".

 

[lvbuckeye]

I mean...I don't know what else to tell you. If you let a virus that kills 1.5-3% of people to run rampant in a country of 330 million an astronomical amount will die. And there will be a depression and chaos as that occurs. And yes, it's shown to scar people's lungs in severe cases even if they recover.

All I know is that if this was a bio-terrorist attack instead, the general population (not saying you in particular) would be doing everything gov asked and more with no questions attached. This doesn't happen as quickly though, so it's hard for people to take seriously until they see 10,000 dead overnight.

it doesn't kill 1.5-3% of people. stop the hysterics.

 

[OSU_Buckguy]

when ferguson talks about controls (e.g., social distancing), this is partly what he's talking about:

now if you think that this picture is explained by the time in london currently being 10:30 pm, check the map in 4 hours and note how flooded with flights the eastern time zone will still be.

 

[OSU_Buckguy]

No, it just shows that an highly-visible epidemiologist has changed his stance.

 

[MililaniBuckeye]

Let's say only 200 million get it. And let's say the death rate is only .5 percent. Very friendly numbers. That's 1 million dead. That's all assuming that hospitals can even keep taking patients during the massive spike that would occur. Because if they can't, many more will die who could be treated but won't be.

The awful truth is we're not a well prepared country and we're still only testing more obvious cases.

61M got the Swine Flu (which was used earlier as a comparison), but now you want to say "only" 200 million get it.