Coronavirus RESPECTFUL Discussion Only! (Mod edit: Closed)

[FreeTedWilliams]

actual quote from Joe Biden:

“Can I mama doggyface down to the banana patch now”

Good job by the NBA, now they should permanently disband.

 

[Kdo5]

Side note: the near absence of traffic this morning was awesome. Got to work 45 minutes earlier than I normally would. Good start to the day.

 

[PatsFanSince74]

Biggest hysteria i have ever seen. Aren’t these guys healthy? If you’re healthy you stand a better chance of survival.

Obviously, they're thinking about the people attending the games, some of whom are themselves actually over 60 or who already have health problems. They're also thinking about the people with whom the people attending the games interact at home, work or in public.

 

[Patsfanin Philly]

you’re right

comparing a virus with less than 200,000 cases and a few thousand deaths to something that infected third of all living people and killed tens of millions is not premature or dramatic at all

Something tells me that this posting won't age well...........

 

[Patsfanin Philly]

I still blame him for Wilson's death.

Any time he goes near a means of transport something happens, Castaway, Captain Phillips, Apollo 13, Sully and now he went to Australia and gets this.. If I'm traveling, keep him far away from me......

 

[PatsFanInVa]

Jared Kushner will decide the course of action

Great, whenever there seems to be a leadership vacuum developing at the top, some clown named Jared is supposed to make it all better...

 

[Nunchucks]

I'm mostly worried about my parents and others who are vulnerable. The death rate is much higher for them. A lot of people have diabetes.

 

[RobertWeathers]

Any time he goes near a means of transport something happens, Castaway, Captain Phillips, Apollo 13, Sully and now he went to Australia and gets this.. If I'm traveling, keep him far away form me......

Don't forget "The Tourist" where he's stuck at the airport.

 

[RobertWeathers]

I'm mostly worried about my parents and others who are vulnerable. The death rate is much higher for them. A lot of people have diabetes.

Yep. My mom is in her 70s and has Lupus which causes havoc with the immune system. She's healthy but getting this thing would not be good at all

 

[Tony2046]

 

[aluminum seats]

My feeling, based on nothing other than synthesizing what we’ve all been watching and reading, is that the effect on the vast majority of people won’t be particularly severe. I think in many cases people are worrying more than they have to. Having said that...

I work in NYC by Grand Central, part of a large global company, and if I were in charge I would close everything down ASAP. You guys know the thing about lilly pads on a pond? If there’s one in the middle and it doubles every day, and it takes 48 days to fully cover the pond...in how many days would the pond be half covered?

47. Things move fast. Stay home if you can.

Me, I’m on the train right now. I’m sure all will be well. But this is a concern for sure.

 

[Clonamery]

Great, whenever there seems to be a leadership vacuum developing at the top, some clown named Jared is supposed to make it all better...

 

[Kontradiction]

Believe what you want Kontra, the way I see it he has no political ideology beyond himself and what gratifies his base.

Okay. That’s fine. You can base things on your fEeLiNgZ and I’ll stick with the facts and evidence.

 

[PatsWSB47]

Okay, fine. The doc told congress today he expects between 70-150 million Americans to contract the disease. A significant number, something less than 20%, but still very significant - maybe 10-15% - will require hospitalization, most for weeks, and some of them will need ventilators.

That's 7-22.5 million people in a country that has 1 million beds (70% of which are full with non-corona patients.

The death rate in the countries/regions that handled this well (mostly the SARS areas) is around .5%, which would be terrible, but in the places where they got behind the 8-ball and overwhelmed their healthcare system (Italy), the death rate is 10 times that and more (6% currently).

Italy is locked down, heel-to-toe-to-knee. The outbreak was in the Lombardy area. This isn't third-world stuff - Lombardy is Milan. It's rich. It's healthcare is first world - rated way better than USA's. You know what the doctors are doing in Lombardy right now? They're choosing which patients get the ventilator. In other words, they're choosing which patients to let die.

6%. 6% of 70-150 million people. 100,000 beds.

We're way behind. We knew about this in December. The first US case was almost certainly in early-to-mid January. We were offered test kits. We refused, and instead went to the private marketplace.

We've lost weeks.

Make all your stupid Biden jokes, but ANYONE running right now, or from the beginning, would not have screwed this up as horribly as the idiot in the White House. If Bill Weld was President right now, we'd be weeks ahead of where we are now. Same with Biden, Bernie, and all the rest.

For anyone who wants to now call me snowflake or say it's media hysteria...tell it to the people who know what's going on. Cheeto Jesus gave his mumbling and incoherent speech tonight and the circuit breakers popped again to stop trading on market futures.

There are a dozen things Trump could have and should have announced many days ago, or even tonight, that would have mitigated that. But I guess Jared Kushner is still doing his research.

Look it. I think Trump is a jerk almost every time he opens his mouth. He's mostly self serving and is devisive but aside from partisans automatically disagreeing with evry move he makes, pretty much no one took this as seriously as they should have. For cripes sakes he was slammed for banning travel from infected countries wasnt he? Hindsight is 20/20. Biden didn't have a solution either. Pretty much everyone was whisling past the graveyard and didn't understand the threat. I work at a hospital and they were too slow to react and prepare. Now they're scrambling. Tom Hanks doesnt have the virus because of Trump. Aside from germaphobes, how many of us didnt self limit our exposure because of Trump? I hate politics and coverage of it. CNN, MSNBC and Fox has panels of their guests evey night second guessing every word and move Trump or Trump's opponents say. Their agendas are crystal clear. So is yours.

 

[Kontradiction]

They need to shut down travel anywhere in and out of the United States. Not just Europe. The brain dead millennials that hopped on flights need to be held outside of the country until they’re screened.

 

[scout]

What kind of work?
Waiting for something similar from my company

Government. I would meet with people and classrooms of children.

 

[JayNM]

Here in Europe, things are getting legit crazy lol

Portugal has a very old population, so Ive seen some crazy **** already, my friends are too scared to leave the house (No joke)

Also could be out of job bc places are simply closing. The college im in is closed until further notice.

fun times, totally not overreaction.

 

[Kontradiction]

If any of you boomers need some toilet paper, hit this guy up. He’s got rolls for $100 a piece. Two ply.

 

[Clonamery]

They need to shut down travel anywhere in and out of the United States. Not just Europe. The brain dead millennials that hopped on flights need to be held outside of the country until they’re screened.

Not quite a millennial but...

https://www.google.com/amp/s/nypost...n-jetblue-flight-from-jfk-tests-positive/amp/

 

[Love The Drake]

Government. I would meet with people and classrooms of children.

Makes perfect sense