Part of this comes from not reading it, but it’s not suggesting any of that.
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I won’t argue because it is impossible to predict. We can extrapolate current models but they do not account for the effectiveness of mitigation and other uncertainties.
I hope u are wrong.
Miggs
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Me too. Maybe people are being more responsible than I realize.
JimLes
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But, social distancing should lead to fewer cases of infection and death, no?
“No, because we won’t be able to isolate ourselves completely or forever. At some stage, we will have to resume a regular routine, and then the R0 will stabilize at 2 again. Effectively, we are delaying the inevitable."
Sure sounds like he doesn't agree with all of us being at home right now.
The idea of flattening the curve isn’t about reducing total infections, though. Just redistributing them. The exception to that would be if you delay infections long enough for a vaccine.
ETA: I’d grant that the original question was two questions (one surrounding infections and one surrounding death), but the answer may not be true for the second part of the question and that should have been better clarified, if one is assuming larger death totals secondary to an over-saturated healthcare system.
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Joe Bagadonuts
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So in other words, no, you have not heard anyone say what you claim they are saying.
And BTW, "the cure is worse than the disease" does not mean what you are saying it does. Have you ever experienced a loved one going through cancer? If you had you would easily be able to understand that term, and you would realize that the meaning is very different than you are suggesting.
figurative language is hard
you obviously didn’t look where I told you to look. Do your homework.
Joe Bagadonuts
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You obviously didn't suggest that I look there until a separate post that you sent later, and I'm not doing homework that you assign anyway. I think it's meaningless that you ask me to search out some random and anonymous dope who makes a dumb statement. Your original post that I responded to implied that right-to-lifers were now callously suggesting that old people's lives have no value. Your claim remains unsubstantiated. Your quote was made up, just as I had suspected.
He isnt even left. He didnt support Bernie.
Joe Bagadonuts
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He is an ultra-biased partisan. Anyone who can't see that isn't paying attention. And while it's possible to be farther left than he is, that doesn't mean he isn't left.
Supporting Joe Biden isn't left. It's right. Your just mad he isn't a far right idiot like you.