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I think there are some folks here who might want to go take a few deep breaths and maybe count to ten.
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I really roll my eyes on statistics that compare across countries.
China, Germany, France, Australia (ad nauseum) all have different standards, different data collection methods, standards and reporting. To compare COVID testing results across countries is naive and not statistically relevant. Saying that Russia, China or Singapore have better COVID statistics is laughable. I'm totally astonished that people actually state these comparisons and think they are factual. With information disinformation, we need to live in a World where nothing is factual, that's a strange world to live in but that is where we are at. COVID? I'm not worried about it and those that wear masks at Grocery Stores? Well, I guess they worry more than necessary. J |
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Almost 71k new cases today in the US... crazy.
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Sent you a P.M.
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There is a lot to unpack in your posts. I can’t address it all, but I can say (respectfully) that I disagree with almost all of it. But this here might be the biggest point; we have not let all viruses run their course. We’ve fought back and won enough battles that it has been worth it. And thank goodness for that.
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If you think there is pessimism and negativism now, hold on tight. Letting a highly infectious and lethal disease effectively run riot is probably not conducive to either personal or national optimism. In fact it is quite the opposite a tacit acceptance of defeat and declaration that as individuals and as a society we choose not to rise to the challenge of defeating this disease. IMO of course. YMMV. Last edited by Silurian; 07-11-2020 at 01:58 AM. |
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About 4 and 2.5 months before that my mother had a heart attack and bad injury. Just that spike in medical system use completely messed up her care. As far as keeping the sort of lifestyle and economy we're used to, we learned fast that we have to protect the capacity. A few good books I've read in the past year+ were reminders of what happens if a virus would run its course. I do not believe most of our society would accept that.
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The covid numbers are on the rise in my city here in the midwest. Half of the people are not wearing masks now. Restaurants and bars are being utilized. Several days ago the death rate equaled our all time high. One of our hospitals is cutting back on employees because of the economic impact of caring for covid patients. To me these are pretty simple observations. Obviously many are not paying attention.
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Remember the phrase "Loose lips sink ships"? I think this generation has a lot of loose lips.
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Two references: https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com...ips+sink+ships https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loose_lips_sink_ships My guess as to the other difference you mention might be due to the threat posed to us in WWII being accepted as being real by a large segment of the population. From what I have read in history, there were dissenters and those who sympathized with the Germans and/or Japanese, but apparently were in the minority. Based on what I read in these COVID-19 discussions and the dissention I see among folks in the media, my guess is that there is a large segment of the population who don't see COVID-19 as much of a threat. I am not saying this is fact, which is why I words such as "guess" and "might". There is so much information, corrections to previously stated information, and opinion swirling around COVID-19, that I am at a loss to state anything factually, so I prefer to err on the side of conservative and wear a mask when I go outside my home and honor social distancing. Tony
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