My prediction is that no one here will die or lose a close family member to the virus. — Hanover
It sounds like unsound government policy got the Italians where they are. — Hanover
I put all my hope in a scientific solution, not in a policy one. My trust isn't in some politician of any party of any country to figure out how to fix this. — Hanover
My proposal is not just to let nature take it's course, but instead to invest the trillions we intend to to prop up the economy on ventilators, hospital beds, and better treatment in an effort to drive down the deaths from the infections, as opposed to the futile battle to control the infection rate, which will just further damage all sorts of lives in the process. — Hanover
Currently .02% of the world is infected with the coronavirus (169,387 / 7,771,074,926). The percentage of worldwide deaths rounds to 0.00% (6,513), but if you take it out enough decimal points you will eventually see some evidence of it. — Hanover
The US is at 41. That's 41/50ths a person per state we've lost. Do you know what it's like to lose just over 80% of a person? It's not pretty I tell you. — Hanover
I dunno what to tell you. If you don't deny that "test, isolate, treat" when consistently applied has demonstrably lead to bankruptcy, or that the healthcare system required a policy hotfix towards something much closer to free (at least more affordable) universal healthcare to address the issue by your administration. The US administration acknowledged the systemic issue and took a measure to rectify it. Let's hope it does not get repealed. — fdrake
Showing that you believe policy can actually impact the disease a lot. — fdrake
That's not a contradiction.I put all my hope in a scientific solution, not in a policy one. My trust isn't in some politician of any party of any country to figure out how to fix this.
— Hanover
Contradicting the above.
— fdrake
My proposal is not just to let nature take it's course, but instead to invest the trillions we intend to to prop up the economy on ventilators, hospital beds, and better treatment in an effort to drive down the deaths from the infections, as opposed to the futile battle to control the infection rate, which will just further damage all sorts of lives in the process.
— Hanover
Defending not social distancing or quarantine measures (despite blaming Italy's admin for not adhering to them well enough). — fdrake
Currently .02% of the world is infected with the coronavirus (169,387 / 7,771,074,926). The percentage of worldwide deaths rounds to 0.00% (6,513), but if you take it out enough decimal points you will eventually see some evidence of it.
— Hanover
The US is at 41. That's 41/50ths a person per state we've lost. Do you know what it's like to lose just over 80% of a person? It's not pretty I tell you.
— Hanover
And other people already corrected your calculations — fdrake
I don't think so. Numbers are declining there. Here no news is good news. And in Italy the worst hit regions have been in the North, not the South. Single glimpse at the maps below and you can see why not much has been reported from Rome, the biggest city in the country.. As I watched Italian reports, it seems that country is truly in a state of devastation — Hanover
I do think that. That's obvious. — Hanover
My numbers are generally correct. — Hanover
I still think that the logic of the social distancing is based upon keeping the serious cases low enough not to overwhelm medical care available. The solution then can arise is two ways, either (1) decrease the number of serious cases at any given time through social distances, or (2) increasing the amount of available healthcare (including ventilators). That's true as far as i can see it. — Hanover
The solution then can arise is two ways, either (1) decrease the number of serious cases at any given time through social distances, or (2) increasing the amount of available healthcare (including ventilators). That's true as far as i can see it. — Hanover
Specifically, was the UK's result a matter if demographics, treatment strategy, or what? I guess we're too close to it now to make an assessment. — frank
The solution then can arise is two ways, either (1) decrease the number of serious cases at any given time through social distances, or (2) increasing the amount of available healthcare (including ventilators). That's true as far as i can see it.
— Hanover
False dichotomy. Please reprogram your brain with logic and understanding. Thank you. — Baden
Heredity is unlikely to multiply a country's death rate within countries by a factor of 6 compared to the predicted population risk when genetic effects are constant over effected populations. — fdrake
Genetics could also be a factor. — frank
It's a false dichotomy only if I presented it as a dichotomy. Purely hypothetically, you might say that if I support Trump, I'm either (1) a mindless Republican, or (2) drunk. There's nothing in that sentence that says I can't be both. — Hanover
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