Wandering Monk
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Lower flu deaths can be explained by the lockdown. People weren't spreading it because they were at home.
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More bad news, America
- Thread starter Evangelicalhumanist
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Lower flu deaths can be explained by the lockdown. People weren't spreading it because they were at home.
Twilight Hue
Twilight, not bright nor dark, good nor bad.
I'll bet it's going to be the Canadians!
Yep. That's why I also included the numbers from the prior 3 years for flu deaths in the post--it shows that the social distancing efforts have had a positive effect.
Secret Chief
nirvana is samsara
No it does not.
It's reproduction rate accelerates when in contact with stupidity.
Secret Chief
nirvana is samsara
Yes, as noted above - Eyam in Derbyshire, England. It is known as the plague village. It has a small museum. Some of the houses have plaques outside saying how many people died there. They died so that others might live.
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Since alcohol kills viruses, the reasoning goes whatever they catch there will die once they drink some tequila. That worm in the bottle is dead in there, right? At least that is the reasoning after several shots of tequila affects judgement. Plus it tastes better than Trump's miracle cure of drinking bleach.
Wandering Monk
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Shadow Wolf
Certified People sTabber
That exactly!
Shadow Wolf
Certified People sTabber
They stayed home to sacrifice their selves, get sick and die, all to prevent the spread of plague to others. We need to stay home to not get sick, to not die, and to not spread this. Same process, same reasons, very different outcome. We coukd have had it better. But people want to go out and fight a nightmarish illness (suffocation is pretty much just about a universal fear and thats what this does to you, EVEN IF YOU SURVIVE critical illness.) (Emphasis added to highlight a point that must not amd cannot go understated).
Wandering Monk
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Right now, in my state, 12% of CONFIRMED cases end up hospitalized but not in ICU. Four percent of confirmed cases end up in ICU.
Shadow Wolf
Certified People sTabber
As I keep telling people (and reminding myself when my humanity inevitably wants and yearns for going back to normal) I have lost with better odds/hand in poker. That was just money at stake. It was a very fun and memorable hand, though I lost, and the best and most intense I've ever played with the betting. Covid isn't a game, stories of the survivors of critical illness are harrowing, and, no, most things just are not worth the risk. A temporary pause on normal life isn't really that bad. We could be at global war again.
Wandering Monk
Well-Known Member
Several interesting things are happening as a result of this virus:
People are re-evaluating living in the city and also mass transit
Air pollution from transit is down
Work from home may become permanent allowing people to live in more affordable areas
God willing, increased focus on research that could result in a vaccine for ALL corona viruses
International cooperation in the realm of virology and immunology
Inevitably, the search of solutions to Covid will result in answers to questions we haven't even asked yet. This is always the cased with research.
Air pollution from transit is down
Work from home may become permanent allowing people to live in more affordable areas
God willing, increased focus on research that could result in a vaccine for ALL corona viruses
International cooperation in the realm of virology and immunology
Inevitably, the search of solutions to Covid will result in answers to questions we haven't even asked yet. This is always the cased with research.
Shadow Wolf
Certified People sTabber
City mice and country mice. We aren't always placed correctly by birth, but it is basically "square 1" of the hyper partisan divide in America. It's basically always been that way, and I just don't see a few months of altered adjustments overriding thousands of years of habits.
People are already doing this with rideshares. Unlike the bus, or what have you, with Uber people can get their ride when they need and where they need it. People who have insurance that cover rides to and from the doctor especially are using rideshare more often because they aren't wanting to wait for the bus if they don't have to. I wouldn't be surprised if traditional taxi services are eventually taken out by rideshares, because they've also lost many customers to uber and lyft.
Only for a very small percentage of the population. Healthcare, manufacturing, entertainment, hospitality, food service, tourism, these are just a few of the things that cannot be done at home, or are extremely limited in practice if not face to face.