Thread: Four days in

Ran some quick math on the WHO stats and the mortality rate is at 4.4%. I think that may be a little skewed because people who don't get that sick don't get tested. If you don't get tested you don't show as positive. If you are sick enough to die from it you definitely get tested. I read something about the makers of that experimental drug suspending new orders until they process existing orders. I guess it's flying off the shelves before they can make it. I wonder about the antivaxers. Are essential oils flying off the shelves?

Originally Posted by tcrideshd

You mean I got an excuse for being grouchy? See everyone it’s not my fault.

You're not grouchy TC you're...fervent...or maybe vehement.

Originally Posted by PaulFLUS

Ran some quick math on the WHO stats and the mortality rate is at 4.4%. I think that may be a little skewed because people who don't get that sick don't get tested. If you don't get tested you don't show as positive. If you are sick enough to die from it you definitely get tested. I read something about the makers of that experimental drug suspending new orders until they process existing orders. I guess it's flying off the shelves before they can make it. I wonder about the antivaxers. Are essential oils flying off the shelves?

Even if the stats are skewed and the mortality rate is lower, say 1.0%, that is still 10X that of the seasonal flu which is 0.1%. That is still a hefty difference.

Has this "experimental" drug won government approval for use on the general public as a treatment for Covid 19?

Bob

Looks like they are getting serious about social distancing.

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canad...cid=spartandhp

Bob

Tonight as myself and my neighbor were talking across the fence. 20 ft or more but he was on the downwind side.....

Another neighbor couple came down the street walking their dog.

Five of us ended up talking 10 ft or so apart except for the dog that I have dog sat for that came up and sniffed my knee.

By those rules we could have been arrested or fined................

What is our society coming to and to what level will we let it control or everyday life?

Originally Posted by 32t

Tonight as myself and my neighbor were talking across the fence. 20 ft or more but he was on the downwind side.....

Another neighbor couple came down the street walking their dog.

Five of us ended up talking 10 ft or so apart except for the dog that I have dog sat for that came up and sniffed my knee.

By those rules we could have been arrested or fined................

What is our society coming to and to what level will we let it control or everyday life?

According to this article you, your friends and neighbors were distanced plenty far away--

Minnesotans may have a leg up when it comes to social distancing - StarTribune.com

As far as society, government and the level of control, I'm sure once this panademic is under control, everything will go back to normal or at least close to it.

We as Americans value freedom much more than other countries as they've never known the freedoms that we have enjoyed for so many years so the restrictions are harder for us to accept.

With that said, I do think that for the time being we as a Nation must hunker down and accept things as they are. In the long run, I honestly believe it is for the best of all of us.

Last night 60 Minutes was pretty good. They interviewed front line worker bees and two companies working on vaccines and antiviral drugs. Not scary stuff just common sense.

There has been a lethality with chloroquine phosphate. A couple were DOA today after taking this compound. No it is not a pharmaceutical, it is used in home aquariums and they must have been thinking "hey this has the same name as that stuff on the news". There is no acknowledgement of positivity for the virus or any symptoms yet. but this is just the sort of dumb crap that happens when people let go of information without talking about all the bad things that can happen too.

We Americans value our freedom I agree but what I wonder about is that if the restrictions that we are being trained to allow, although supposedly for the short term will continue.

Everybody just needs to calm the hell down. If people would quit being stupid then we'd all be all right and as far as government restrictions, that's what the second amendment is for. I hope we all learn that lesson from this little debacle.
"When government fears the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny." Thomas Jefferson

Originally Posted by 32t

We Americans value our freedom I agree but what I wonder about is that if the restrictions that we are being trained to allow, although supposedly for the short term will continue.

Well, that's just the "slippery slope argument" that you can apply to anything depending on your mindset.

The hard truth that is about as stark as a cast iron casket is if we do nothing and ignore the warnings potentially there could be an awful lot of deceased americans. Of course there are some who have no problem with that of course as long as it ain't one of their relations lying in the ground.