More Banjo: Coronavirus And Sports

[Bretsky]

Do you not understand? All of that doesn't matter. Those people in virtually every case could have lived their lives in a normal stress-free except for a few minor cold symptoms and usually not even that. All of this modification of behavior shit and sacrifice, and for what? You don't think sniffles and a low grade cough for a few days is less harmful? Yeah, I suppose you do not hahahahaha.

It's disgusting that otherwise generally sensible people are buying into this silliness.

Just curious if you know anybody who has come down with this Tex

It's way way worse than how you describe it

[oldbutnotdeadyet]

Who in here do you see claiming that it is a "hoax"? Bobblehead suggested that maybe it resulted from Chicom bioweapon experimentation ....... far-fetched, but Communism being what it is, not unbelievable. Rand and Howard probably haven't been as adamant as I have, but they definitely have talked about the mildness of the corona thing, both in an absolute sense and in comparison to other things that have clearly killed a lot more with a whole lot less fanfare and forced sacrifice and suffering. We are the ones speaking common sense and normalcy. If you see a political divide here (and even that isn't 100% - a couple of non-leftists in here are about as misguided as the bad guys), it is the usual suspects - leftist shitheads - hoping against desperate hope that this thing would drag down Trump.

Nobody is saying the virus itself is a "hoax". A lot of people are getting it; Some old sick people are dying from it. That doesn't fit the definition of "hoax". The overreaction, though, is clear and obvious. And one side definitely doesn't mind having Good Normal Americans sacrificing and suffering - after all, We are the ones who elected the guy they hate so much.

I was commenting on the twitter feed, not this forum. But my comment on people believing what they want to believe does pertain to some people on this forum

[Zool]

lol- no kidding, when liquor stores are deemed essential, it is nothing more than window dressing. I guess, maybe the liquor is needed to keep people sane what do I know.

Well can't alcoholics can die without it? Same reason you can order beer in a hospital bed?

[sharpe1027]

Hospitals haven't required this many people on ventilators for anything in recent memory.

All the talk of the mortality rate is missing the bigger picture. Modern medicine keeps people alive in really shitty conditions.

[sharpe1027]

The Ohio shut down document had so many exceptions it was much more useful as toilet paper.

In the current climate, it could still have a lot of value then.

[LEWCWA]

Well can't alcoholics can die without it? Same reason you can order beer in a hospital bed?

Hey i'm all for it, what the hell!

[Zool]

Hey i'm all for it, what the hell!

Me too. When Amazon starts delivering liquor, then we can talk about shutting them down.

[sharpe1027]

Someone just ran the numbers this morning:

"He now says both that the U.K. should have enough ICU beds and that the coronavirus will probably kill under 20,000 people in the U.K. - more than 1/2 of whom would have died by the end of the year in any case bc they were so old and sick."
https://twitter.com/AlexBerenson/sta...34237773107200

https://www.newscientist.com/article...pert-predicts/

"expert predicts"

Thanks for this. This model assumed people are kept home and stresses the importance of social distancing measures.

I would be interested in what the model showed if you don't have robust transmission mitigation.

[George Cumby]

https://i.redd.it/h2i8h2v3z8p41.jpg

[bobblehead]

If Trump declared the earth to be round 90% of the people on the left would hysterically declare it to be flat. The media would immediately have experts on declaring how dangerous it is for the president to be saying things like this. Nancy would impeach him for defying the church.

If Trump (and MANY doctors and recovering patients) claimed Hydroxychloroquine showed great promise in helping patients survive and recover from wuhan flu than a bare minimum of 3 Democrat Governors would issue mandates BANNING doctors from prescribing it for Wuhan Flu. True story, the party of "its between a woman and her doctor...PERIOD" now wants to practice medicine.

[bobblehead]

This is so stupid and obviously false.

Yet its proven true on a daily basis.

[bobblehead]

https://i.redd.it/h2i8h2v3z8p41.jpg

Does that take population into account?

[bobblehead]

https://i.redd.it/h2i8h2v3z8p41.jpg

So the bottom country on that graph is japan. With 1400 cases and 44 deaths its over a 3% death rate and 6.7% infected rate. U.S. is at a .28% infected rate and 1.5% death rate. I would say that link is EXTREMELY misleading at best.

Edit: South Korea has comparable numbers to the U.S. but looks WAY better on that link. In the end we will have a higher percentage of cases than south korea, but that is due to many factors. In the end, we are doing better than most of the world at this, and as a top tourist destination in the world, we were over exposed.

If Trump made one big mistake it was not banning ALL international travel the day he banned travel from China. They called him names as it was, but truth is he didn't go far enough.

[Fosco33]

Lots of theories on NBA mid June, MLB til Xmas.

[sharpe1027]

.Spain reported its biggest spike in coronavirus cases as bodies were transported to an ice rink in Madrid, which has been transformed into a provisional morgue to help relieve the pressure on hospitals and stretched funeral parlors.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/pascale...U#5e5f954a4d8b