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

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Taosman said:
I'm not gonna change what you believe. I'm just advocating for more patience in the process. We have no weapons in this war but social distancing, masks and tracking. That's about what they had in 1918.
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It’s a two front war my friend. That’s where you’ve lost. You let the Japs take the Pacific because you only were paying attention to the Nazi’s in Europe.
 
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sparcboxbuck said:
It’s a two front war my friend. That’s where you’ve lost. You let the Japs take the Pacific because you only were paying attention to the Nazi’s in Europe.
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We lost the pandemic war of 1918 with 500 thousand dead. What have we now to prevent that from happening again? Washing hands, wearing a mask, social distancing staying home when sick. We have some tracking and testing now but not nearly enough and some states are playing games with the numbers. And I have a brother with a pacemaker, a sister who had breast cancer and is immune compromised and a 94 year old mother. Which one should I sacrifice so you can go have a drink or meal inside a bar or restaurant? i

Spanish Flu
U.S., about 28% of the population of 105 million became infected, and 500,000 to 850,000 died (0.48 to 0.81 percent of the population).[79][80][81] Native American tribes were particularly hard hit. In the Four Corners area, there were 3,293 registered deaths among Native Americans.[82] Entire Inuit and Alaskan Native village communities died in Alaska.[83] In Canada, 50,000 died.[84]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_flu
 
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Taosman said:
We lost the pandemic war of 1918 with 500 thousand dead. What have we now to prevent that from happening again? Washing hands, wearing a mask, social distancing staying home when sick. We have some tracking and testing now but not nearly enough and some states are playing games with the numbers. And I have a brother with a pacemaker, a sister who had breast cancer and is immune compromised and a 94 year old mother. Which one should I sacrifice so you can go have a drink or meal inside a bar or restaurant? i

Spanish Flu
U.S., about 28% of the population of 105 million became infected, and 500,000 to 850,000 died (0.48 to 0.81 percent of the population).[79][80][81] Native American tribes were particularly hard hit. In the Four Corners area, there were 3,293 registered deaths among Native Americans.[82] Entire Inuit and Alaskan Native village communities died in Alaska.[83] In Canada, 50,000 died.[84]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_flu
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OK, Karen. Thanks again. I feel better now.
 
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BuckeyeNation27 said:
Scientists: "OK everybody. There's a super deadly virus coming this way. If we don't do something, hundreds of thousands could die. I propose we attempt to flatten the curve, to see if we can slow it down a bit."
Dumb Dumbs: "You heard them, guys. The absolute second that curve goes more sideways than upways, we're entitled to spike that bitch back up again!"
Scientists: "Well, no.....that's not at all what we said. This is just the initial plan....and there's no real time table on how long it makes sense to keep the curve flattened..."
Dumb Dumbs: "Nuh uh! You said it. No take backs."
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Just stay under your bed for the next year or two...
 
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Taosman said:
Some states yes, some states no. No state has met all 4 guidelines from the CDC for opening. Flattening the curve is just one aspect of the "Gating". A Testing/Tracking Program must be established. But states are ignoring the Gating Guidelines and doing their own thing whatever that is. There is no consensus on following the CDC or WH guidelines. The WH has created a "free for all" putting the onus on states. .

https://www.natlawreview.com/article/cdc-issues-guidelines-reopening
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All you heard for two months was "flatten the curve", and that's happened for the last five weeks...actually the death rate has been decreasing during that time:

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Taosman said:
We lost the pandemic war of 1918 with 500 thousand dead. What have we now to prevent that from happening again? Washing hands, wearing a mask, social distancing staying home when sick. We have some tracking and testing now but not nearly enough and some states are playing games with the numbers. And I have a brother with a pacemaker, a sister who had breast cancer and is immune compromised and a 94 year old mother. Which one should I sacrifice so you can go have a drink or meal inside a bar or restaurant? i

Spanish Flu
U.S., about 28% of the population of 105 million became infected, and 500,000 to 850,000 died (0.48 to 0.81 percent of the population).[79][80][81] Native American tribes were particularly hard hit. In the Four Corners area, there were 3,293 registered deaths among Native Americans.[82] Entire Inuit and Alaskan Native village communities died in Alaska.[83] In Canada, 50,000 died.[84]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_flu
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OK, Rain Man, not sure how many more times we have to tell you they're not the same...
 
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