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    You mean like gated neighbourhood?

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    I hope all can open this and find it informative--I hope the link stays active for a long time.

    https://www.wsj.com/video/opinion-co...15E22C222.html
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    Well, the parallels aren't that close really. Back then they had no idea what caused all the sickness. The name Influenza comes from the idea is was caused by some external force in the environment.

    They didn't know what a virus was and couldn't see it. Yes, they figured out folks should keep a distance but that was only once the virus was spread throughout the population. Like closing the barn door after the horse makes his escape.

    It just ran its course and of course there were no antibiotics and fancy ventilators or IV machines or O2 tents or vaccines. In those days folks were reticent to see a doctor and feared hospitals.

    My dad's sister died at age 9 from it. She just died at home.

    Really, the only parallel is they have no direct treatment but that will change soon and they will quickly learn what makes the thing tick.

    However the real lesson to be learned is that man's greatest enemy ain't the Russians or the N Koreans, it's the world we can't see and some day some "bug" is gonna come out of nowhere and potentially wipe us out.
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    Quote Originally Posted by cudarunner View Post
    I figured that in your area there' be 'Gator Helper'--
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    There are some similarities especially in how people reacted to it. The big difference is the mortality rate. It actually went down from this morning. It was 4.4% earlier in the day. Now it's 4.3% and change. That's almost twice the rate of the 1918 flu.
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    However the real lesson to be learned is that man's greatest enemy ain't the Russians or the N Koreans, it's the world we can't see and some day some "bug" is gonna come out of nowhere and potentially wipe us out.
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    Quote Originally Posted by PaulFLUS View Post
    There are some similarities especially in how people reacted to it. The big difference is the mortality rate. It actually went down from this morning. It was 4.4% earlier in the day. Now it's 4.3% and change. That's almost twice the rate of the 1918 flu.
    Earlier you said the mortality rate for Covid 19 was likely inflated and I think you may be right on that as we do not really know how many people are infected at this point. OTH, even if the mortality rate is similar to the 1918 flu it is still staggering.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Phrank View Post
    Hey - my son is in the JAC as an Electrical Apprentice, more than half way through his pre-apprenticeship at a massive building site in downtown Toronto where they put him, they've had some people take a voluntary 2 week recusal, but no word on them completely shutting down, hard to believe this massive site it still going on.

    My son is thinking of taking two weeks as well, as this week is going to be a real ball breaker in terms of next steps this virus takes.

    Stay safe brother....
    I took the voluntary 2 weeks. It doesn't make sense for my teacher wife, and kids to be at home isolating, while I'm out going into random peoples homes. We were also on a big commercial job helping a friend construct a huge new building. The crane was the most used tools, passing equipment, tools, materials up to the higher levels. Everyone touches the hook/ball removing straps. Lunch room is in a tractor trailer..... No thanks. I don't know who half the guys are either.

    And somehow we are considered an essential service!!?? Haha. Maybe if your roof is leaking, or your door knob wont lock. Lol
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    Quote Originally Posted by PaulFLUS View Post
    There are some similarities especially in how people reacted to it. The big difference is the mortality rate. It actually went down from this morning. It was 4.4% earlier in the day. Now it's 4.3% and change. That's almost twice the rate of the 1918 flu.
    I read that the mortality rate in Italy is so high because they have had a very low birth rate and therefore a higher percentage of people over 60. The mortality rate for people over 70 with a pre-existing condition, as my wife and I, is much higher. Lumping the entire population together to come up with the mortality rate might make some people feel that COVID-19 no worse than the flu, but those numbers are meaningless to senior citizens.
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