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thats not calm and rational. In fact, that’s the exact opposite.
COVID-19 - How worried are you?
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thats not calm and rational. In fact, that’s the exact opposite.
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If you’re not worried s out this virus, maybe this might help:
DasJazz
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Do tell. Should I go to Costco and buy up all of the toilet paper?
Rational is exactly what I'm being thank you very much.
I think there are probably at least two strains of this virus, with one of them being much worse than the other. One is like a bad case of the flu, and the other is really life-threatening. There's a stark difference between what is happening in Iran and Italy vs. what has happened in Singapore and Taiwan. I don't think the difference can be explained by testing, containment or treatment methodology.
In the absence of a reliable vaccine, social distancing is the primary remedy, and it looks like the U.S. is serious about it. The economic and social consequences may be felt for a long time.
In the absence of a reliable vaccine, social distancing is the primary remedy, and it looks like the U.S. is serious about it. The economic and social consequences may be felt for a long time.
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Btw, were over 3,300 cases now in the USA. That’s double from just a few days ago. We are 300 cases higher than Italy was at this stage. Italy had nearly 400 deaths today. Why wouldn’t we be similar? Does the virus especially like to kill Italians? Is our health care system really not built to be overwhelmed like Italy’s?
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there’s a lot of space in between going to a restaurant and panic buying at Costco. Right now is the time to not go out in restaurants and force restaurant workers to work and be further exposed. This is not the time to expose yourself to restaurant workers.
Social distancing is what’s slowing this virus. Social distancing and limiting your contact with others is what you should be practicing.
Miggs
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I put a 4. Was probably more like a 2-3 earlier today but a 50 year old woman died a half hour from here and I’m 44 myself. I’m not arrogant enough to think I’m impervious to this virus and think we could really be in for a rude awakening and around 20,000 cases in a week. Maybe 100,000 cases in two weeks.
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Serious question, why are republicans so weird? Like seriously, why do they take it upon themselves to give experts the bird? Why do they have this need to defend trump and diminish this virus?
whether it be with election interference, Ukraine, climate change, and coronavirus, they seem to find this adolescent obsession to go against responsibility and expertise and give us all the bird.
From our elected officials, to Fox News, to our dumbest posters. You see this weekly play out. Why?
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italy has 25,000 cases, 300+ dying per day, and it hasn’t even peaked there yet. Their health care system is in flames, with beds in parking lots and with doctors needing to prioritize care to those who have a greater chance at living... meanwhile.
we are hundreds of cases ahead of Italy at the same stage they were at a few weeks ago, have a worse health care system, and people are doing this over the weekend:
Because exposing yourself to the virus is like totally owninthevirus as if it were al Qaeda.
I don’t think people recognize how crazy things are going to get in the next month.
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