Thread: Four days in

Just an hour or so ago when I was speaking with my youngest daughter via phone I told her that her Maternal Grandmother (my grandmother) and her parents and sister were once under a Mandatory Quarantine due to her father having Scarlet Fever.

No one was allowed in or out For Any Reason! My grandmother's younger brother would bring supplies, leave them on the porch, then walk away and once he was gone the supplies could be brought inside.

A neighbor woman who lived kitty corner from them started a nasty rumor that people were coming and going.

My grandmother never spoke to that woman for the rest of her life!

Originally Posted by BobH

The Province not looking only at the models but for a peak and then a sustained dropping off of infections/deaths. Don't ever think that after a 2 weeks there is going to be a miraculous decline. All you have to do is look around the world and see that it takes a lot longer to drop off.

Bob

But if we change the numbers from 8 weeks to 20 weeks will the final total change?

Originally Posted by 32t

But if we change the numbers from 8 weeks to 20 weeks will the final total change?

The answer is yes, if you believe the best case vs the worst case graphs.

Bob

Originally Posted by MikeB52

I guess I am struggling with how long this can go on.
Haven’t read where once infected, the chance of reinfection is less, or less difficult to recover from.
So really I guess we stay isolated until an immunization is developed? How that can work and still keep the economy moving if it’s longer than a year I do not know.
Even three months of support is going to set us back billions. The underground or cash economy will kick in and folks will still mingle to earn money to support their kin.
I guess it’s about keeping the numbers below the capacity of the medical system till the above immunization is made..
Unprecedented times gents.

I know every opinion is different but I have no doubt the economic fall out from this will vastly outweigh the deaths caused by the actual virus.

Originally Posted by MileMarker60

I know every opinion is different but I have no doubt the economic fall out from this will vastly outweigh the deaths caused by the actual virus.

Well if you put it that way, seems better than having the deaths caused by our inaction outweigh the economic fall out.

Waiting until the hospitals can provide necessary standards of care before we head back to normalcy seems a prudent course.

Originally Posted by HungeJ0e

Well if you put it that way, seems better than having the deaths caused by our inaction outweigh the economic fall out.

Waiting until the hospitals can provide necessary standards of care before we head back to normalcy seems a prudent course.

We see it differently and that's OK . It will take a few years to see which was the correct path.

To many human life comes cheap. Easy to condemn a stranger when you have no skin in the game.

If you feel the deaths are acceptable then the question to you is what if it was your wife or child who died? Would you feel the same way? If the answer is no, then, well......

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

If you feel the deaths are acceptable then the question to you is what if it was your wife or child who died? Would you feel the same way? If the answer is no, then, well......

Now that is the trillion dollar question.

Bob

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

To many human life comes cheap. Easy to condemn a stranger when you have no skin in the game.

If you feel the deaths are acceptable then the question to you is what if it was your wife or child who died? Would you feel the same way? If the answer is no, then, well......

I can only speak for me, but yes, I would still feel the same way.
Will the number of coronavirus deaths outweigh the number of suicides from economic strain and amount of families this will throw into poverty? It's to early to tell.. but a suicide because of economic strain is no less valuable then a death from the virus.

Originally Posted by MileMarker60

I know every opinion is different but I have no doubt the economic fall out from this will vastly outweigh the deaths caused by the actual virus.

Unless the virus kills you.