March Madness and Covid-19

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The Olympics just got postponed until 2021. A month ago I would have said that was impossible.
 
Still only at 600 confirmed deaths in the US. Not to make light of 600 people dying, but isn't a very big number in terms of how pervasive this virus has been. It's obviously not over yet, but I don't see that number getting anywhere NEAR some of the projections I've seen. Not even close.
 
Still only at 600 confirmed deaths in the US. Not to make light of 600 people dying, but isn't a very big number in terms of how pervasive this virus has been. It's obviously not over yet, but I don't see that number getting anywhere NEAR some of the projections I've seen. Not even close.

Yesterday we had the highest number of deaths in one day so far, 126. Expect that number to climb daily as every day we reach the end of the incubation period of a time when the virus went logarithmic in New York and other hotspots.

The attempts to minimize this are really alarming. We aren't CLOSE to reaching the peak of this in the United States.
 
To put that number in perspective. 1/5 of all the Covid-19 deaths that have happened in the United States so far happened yesterday.
 
A deal has been reached, a stimulus bill will pass today. I don't know the details of the bill.
 
Still only at 600 confirmed deaths in the US. Not to make light of 600 people dying, but isn't a very big number in terms of how pervasive this virus has been. It's obviously not over yet, but I don't see that number getting anywhere NEAR some of the projections I've seen. Not even close.

please stop doing this. we aren't even close to seeing the numbers that will come. minimizing emboldens people to get out and that's absolutely the last thing anyone needs to do. people need to be scared and hiding in their homes. every person you embolden who steps out increases the risk to their life and the lives of those around them.

watch Dr. Vuong
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4J0d59dd-qM
 
please stop doing this. we aren't even close to seeing the numbers that will come. minimizing emboldens people to get out and that's absolutely the last thing anyone needs to do. people need to be scared and hiding in their homes. every person you embolden who steps out increases the risk to their life and the lives of those around them.

watch Dr. Vuong
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4J0d59dd-qM

Is he saying the number will not climb higher? NO!

Is anyone going to feel more at ease and let their guard down because of something posted on this board? NO!

We know you mean well. We do.
 
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We know you mean well. We do.

don't ridicule me. I am concerned that this is the demeanor reflected to others. I see a ton of people trying to minimize this or paint it in a different light and this is a HUGE disservice to the community. the majority of my family are a bunch of near-hillbillies in Kentucky, Indiana, and Michigan and they are easily swayed by crap like this. it's already hard enough to get them to take this seriously much less having to deal with people trying to say "it's not that bad" for whatever reason.
 
don't ridicule me. I am concerned that this is the demeanor reflected to others. I see a ton of people trying to minimize this or paint it in a different light and this is a HUGE disservice to the community. the majority of my family are a bunch of near-hillbillies in Kentucky, Indiana, and Michigan and they are easily swayed by crap like this. it's already hard enough to get them to take this seriously much less having to deal with people trying to say "it's not that bad" for whatever reason.

Much like everything else in life, the truth is somewhere in the middle. You and others are being FAR too paranoid and crazed. And yes, there are some that aren't taking it seriously enough.

Nothing about ME posting on THIS message board is going to change the actions of anybody that might happen to read it.

It just amazes me how highly you think of yourself. Always insulting others, now even your family.

The point of my post was that even with the somewhat limited (in some ways) actions being taken around the country, this is thing is likely to produce and end result that simply put, isn't that bad. I know it's not over. I know things can change. But steven through out a global mortality FLOOR of 15M the other day. I'll bet every penny I own on the under. Every. Last. Cent.
 
don't ridicule me. I am concerned that this is the demeanor reflected to others. I see a ton of people trying to minimize this or paint it in a different light and this is a HUGE disservice to the community. the majority of my family are a bunch of near-hillbillies in Kentucky, Indiana, and Michigan and they are easily swayed by crap like this. it's already hard enough to get them to take this seriously much less having to deal with people trying to say "it's not that bad" for whatever reason.


You've got a lot of nerve. Enough of the hazarai.
 
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the "experts" now say this spread can NOT be stopped no matter what we do ..

however we can limit the catastrophic damage to the economy
 
the "experts" now say this spread can NOT be stopped no matter what we do ..

however we can limit the catastrophic damage to the economy

Not sure who these experts are. Are we talking about those who are apolitical or from both sides of the aisle. In other words, those from the main stream media.
 
the "experts" now say this spread can NOT be stopped no matter what we do ..

however we can limit the catastrophic damage to the economy

it's never been about stopping the spread. it's about controlling it to a manageable rate.

f the economy. we dont sacrifice portions of our population to protect the rest. thats not civilization, it's animal behavior. even worse than that because wolf packs keep their weak and sick in the middle as they travel. life is a priori.

as for me making many of you angry - I truly don't care. as long as your actions affect me and the public I will be speaking up when I see you bum-doping others and that's exactly what you are doing.
 
it's never been about stopping the spread. it's about controlling it to a manageable rate.

f the economy. we dont sacrifice portions of our population to protect the rest. thats not civilization, it's animal behavior. even worse than that because wolf packs keep their weak and sick in the middle as they travel. life is a priori.

as for me making many of you angry - I truly don't care. as long as your actions affect me and the public I will be speaking up when I see you bum-doping others and that's exactly what you are doing.

Yes, I saw a good analogy. McDonald's serves billions of hamburgers daily, but if you go to one McDonald's and order 5 million hamburgers at once you are going to overwhelm the system. Now imagine 100s of McDonald's restaurants trying to each handle an order for 5 million hamburgers. That's what would happen to our healthcare system if everyone just went back to normal life right now.

If you go to McDonald's and order chicken mcnuggets and fries and a diet Coke, and they're trying to fill an order for 5 million hamburgers, you're out of luck.
 
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please stop doing this. we aren't even close to seeing the numbers that will come. minimizing emboldens people to get out and that's absolutely the last thing anyone needs to do. people need to be scared and hiding in their homes. every person you embolden who steps out increases the risk to their life and the lives of those around them.

watch Dr. Vuong
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4J0d59dd-qM

Scared and hiding?....really? This is why I always run "words" through my filter and then look at the spectrum from where they came. I think a better choice of words would be self-contained and aware for the time being. I'm not going to spread fear because it doesn't do anyone any good. If you want to project your fear into the conversation....fine, it's a free country. But some of us choose a more optimistic outlook in times like these because comfort calms and we have faith in our neighbors and this country.
 
Scared and hiding?....really? This is why I always run "words" through my filter and then look at the spectrum from where they came. I think a better choice of words would be self-contained and aware for the time being. I'm not going to spread fear because it doesn't do anyone any good. If you want to project your fear into the conversation....fine, it's a free country. But some of us choose a more optimistic outlook in times like these because comfort calms and we have faith in our neighbors and this country.

Or we could think they're all out to get us.
 
Scared and hiding?....really? This is why I always run "words" through my filter and then look at the spectrum from where they came. I think a better choice of words would be self-contained and aware for the time being. I'm not going to spread fear because it doesn't do anyone any good. If you want to project your fear into the conversation....fine, it's a free country. But some of us choose a more optimistic outlook in times like these because comfort calms and we have faith in our neighbors and this country.

Optimism and faith can get people killed in a situation like this. I have zero faith that my neighbors are taking this seriously enough, and neither should you.

BTW, the country of Inida, with its population of over 1 billion people is now trying to contain this. That's terrifying.
 
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