Off topic “coronavirus”

[Coronita]

https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/27/tech/coronavirus-conspiracy-theory/index.html

[The-Shoveler]

Time-consider-herd-immunity

And captain obvious on number of infected being far more than reported.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/time-consider-herd-immunity-york-011655336.html

[scaredyclassic]

[quote=The-Shoveler]Time-consider-herd-immunity

And captain obvious on number of infected being far more than reported.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/time-consider-herd-immunity-york-011655336.html%5B/quote%5D

Does getting the virus make you immune?

I’m starting to feel like we should just go for it. See what happens.

Just out of curiosity sake.

[The-Shoveler]

“Does getting the virus make you immune?”

Seems the Gov is starting to think so.

So does Netherlands and Sweden.

[FlyerInHi]

My business partner’s god parents recovered. His uncle was in hospital for 2 days then was kicked out. He recovered at home. In NJ. They took turmeric about a teaspoon a day as recommended by a friend. However, they didn’t try the UV and disinfectant remedy.

The lockdown was such a waste of resources, if we end up with Covid eventually. We should have done “intelligent social distancing” to optimize hospital capacity — maybe with some “overbooking” like the airlines sell tickets.

[zk]

When comparing Covid-19 death rate with influenza death rate, virtually everybody (including me) has been using a 0.1% death rate for the flu.

0.1% is actually the case fatality rate for the flu, not the infection fatality rate for the flu.

“Case fatality rate” means deaths per confirmed case. “Infection fatality rate” means deaths per actual infection. Because we don’t test everybody for these infections, the infection fatality rate can only be estimated. Also, the case fatality rate will necessarily be higher than the infection fatality rate.

Technically, the case fatality rate for Covid-19 is some very-high number (because we test so few people) that means nothing right now. But the estimated infection fatality rate of Covid-19 seems to be around 0.5% to 0.8%. The infection fatality rate of influenza is estimated between 0.025% and 0.05%.

That makes infection with the novel coronavirus somewhere between 10 and 32 times deadlier than infection with an influenza virus.

And don’t forget, it’s also wildly more contagious than influenza.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/antibody-tests-support-whats-been-obvious-covid-19-is-much-more-lethal-than-flu/2020/04/28/2fc215d8-87f7-11ea-ac8a-fe9b8088e101_story.html

[svelte]

Here are some stats by state on the infection rate per 100K people and death rate per 100K people.

https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2020/health/coronavirus-us-maps-and-cases/index.html

[FlyerInHi]

Are we defeating ourselves?
Interesting talk between Ian Bremmer and David Sinclair, a geneticist.

It’s gonna be bad.

[The-Shoveler]

[quote=FlyerInHi]Are we defeating ourselves?
Interesting talk between Ian Bremmer and David Sinclair, a geneticist.

It’s gonna be bad.

https://youtu.be/evWd_YKkDns%5B/quote%5D

I agree with this point.
if not open now, then when?

How much longer can we stay closed?

At some point you are going to have to make the trade off.

Staying closed for 3 more months IMO is not a option, neither is another 3 years.

[ltsddd]

[quote=The-Shoveler][quote=FlyerInHi]Are we defeating ourselves?
Interesting talk between Ian Bremmer and David Sinclair, a geneticist.

It’s gonna be bad.

https://youtu.be/evWd_YKkDns%5B/quote%5D

I agree with this point.
if not open now, then when?

How much longer can we stay closed?

At some point you are going to have to make the trade off.

Staying closed for 3 more months IMO is not a option, neither is another 3 years.[/quote]

One reasonable answer is the country should reopen when the scientists have a good understanding of the characteristics of the virus.

Is 3 months or 3 years would still be too long if it was something more like Ebola?

[The-Shoveler]

Is the next common cold going to turn into ebola?

[ltsddd]

[quote=The-Shoveler]Is the next common cold going to turn into ebola?[/quote]

Why would a common cold turn into ebola?

What exactly do you know about the coronavirus? What did you know about it 3-4 months ago? Common sense tells you that there are good reasons why the scientists recommended and the Gov’t imposed the lockdown. It wasn’t done b/c it’s a hip thing to do.

[scaredyclassic]

[quote=The-Shoveler][quote=FlyerInHi]Are we defeating ourselves?
Interesting talk between Ian Bremmer and David Sinclair, a geneticist.

It’s gonna be bad.

https://youtu.be/evWd_YKkDns%5B/quote%5D

I agree with this point.
if not open now, then when?

How much longer can we stay closed?

At some point you are going to have to make the trade off.

Staying closed for 3 more months IMO is not a option, neither is another 3 years.[/quote]

Pretty much everyones job is bullshit and makes zero difference

We could probably just pay people to do nothing and have a better society.

Maybe America itself needs to just retire .

I think I have enough clothes to last the rest of my life.

Prob. Most of us are close .

J crew can go bankrupt and 90 perc of clothing retailers and we could all be fine.

I think literally the only thing America needs is my new screenplay …

🙂

[scaredyclassic]

If the economic benefits to a pregnant woman outweigh the costs of an abortion, then she should be permitted to abort.

There is no other basis for decidionmaking… all decisions in america must be made sole on the basis of cost benefit.

In the future, we should vote for spreadsheets, not candidates

[ltsddd]

[quote=scaredyclassic]If the economic benefits to a pregnant woman outweigh the costs of an abortion, then she should be permitted to abort.[/quote]

Assuming that the costs and benefits have been accurately quantified.

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