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09-24-2020, 01:32 PM #8437
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mate of mine 100 percent has it. Every symptom going including loss of smell and taste.
Has been tested twice and both negative.
Hes young, mid 20s, fit, sporty and its a very very bad flu to him
He said he wouldnt be going to work anyway even if he didnt have to isolate for 14 days as is the rule here
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09-25-2020, 02:17 PM #8438Legendary RSR Poster
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That's not how survival rates work... Have to catch it before you can survive it.
I mean if a building explodes you count the people in it that survive as survivors. Not the guy sipping a coffee on his patio a mile away.
Now if you want to say that's your risk of dying from it, then you can disregard this.
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09-25-2020, 02:19 PM #8439Legendary RSR Poster
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09-25-2020, 03:30 PM #8441
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The fact that there are people, that still, with a straight face, can pretend that the reaction wasn’t more harmful than the virus astounds me.
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09-25-2020, 04:16 PM #8442Veteran Poster
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Too many years of "if it saves even one life, it's worth it" nonsense.
No. it isn't.
I'm sure we could save quite a few lives by wrapping everyone up in bubble wrap, duct taping them to a wall so they couldn't harm each other, and feeding them a prescribed diet with a tube.
Thanks for bringing a reasonable perspective to this discussion.
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09-25-2020, 07:03 PM #8443
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09-25-2020, 11:03 PM #8444
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Yup, so I feel I can talk from experience...
The first 30 days or so of shut down we’re warranted... it’s now been 6 months...
So Pennsylvania, the state I live in, maxes out around. 150 deaths per day from mid April to mid May, and has been under 20 for a seven day rolling average since Early July, but I still cant sit at a bar... and any restaurant that wants to serve alcohol can only have 25% capacity... and everyone must buy food...
So many industries DESTROYED, for what? Political gain... our Governor killed more Pennsylvanians on purpose(Forcing nursing homes to take COVID positive patients) than likely would have died with no shut down at all...
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09-25-2020, 11:38 PM #8445Veteran Poster
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09-25-2020, 11:46 PM #8446
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09-26-2020, 12:20 AM #8447Veteran Poster
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I would think you're correct... and certainly the impact to the people's lives and livelihoods would have been trivial.
This disease seems to be about people densely packed in enclosed spaces re-breathing each other's exhalations.
Personally, I think it was prudent for older and vulnerable folks to avoid public transportation and indoor public venues.
Otherwise, I don't think any of the Draconian measures did a damned thing.
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09-26-2020, 05:44 AM #8448
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I think every country had to lockdown initially. No one knew what this was and all the evidence we had was from italy and it was effectively war time medical treatment. Picking who to treat and let die.
After that though there is only a few countries in the world that have got it correct. Germany is one.
They have a virtully perfect track and trace system and have testing capacity to match it.
It also helps that their population i suppose are all in on it. That makes it easier.
Here in the UK we dont have the testing capacity. We have people will a standard cold having to isolate (incl their whole household) for 2 weeks missing work or missing school because they cant get tested.
Our track and trace app of course went to some buddy buddy of the government who has made millions on the contract and it completely flopped and doesn't work so that cant be used.
Even if it could, half the population wouldnt do it anyway so thats totally out the window.
And like usa, we pushed out older patients from hospitals to nursing homes to make bed room, without testing them for covid first. Guess what, alot of them had it and brought it into the homes killing thousands.
We also didn't shut down our borders either.
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