Remarkableriots Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 42 minutes ago, SlipperySlope said: Italian man hates Marvel news at 11! Marvel doesn't have a movie coming out during that timeframe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remarkableriots Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 21 minutes ago, CitizenVectron said: A depressing article on why flattening the curve will do almost nothing to help, since even spreading the infection over the next year will still overload the medical systems of the world 10x over: https://medium.com/@joschabach/flattening-the-curve-is-a-deadly-delusion-eea324fe9727 We simply don't have enough ventilators and ICU beds/equipment. Basically, we'd need to stretch it out over 10-15 years to stay within the limits we have (USA): The article goes on to say that flattening the curve isn't the solution, completely stopping the curve is. This is why the only effective solution (health-wise) is to basically stop society for the next 1 to 2 years until a vaccine can be developed, and hope that the virus doesn't mutate much or develop numerous strains. Still not long enough to conquer that backlog! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodger Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 I can’t wait to be homeless so I won’t get a virus that probably won’t even kill me. I mean let’s do what we can but we can’t destroy society for this. It’s not like it’s some inescapable automatic death sentence to everyone who gets it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remarkableriots Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 Do they shut down public transportation like buses? It's the way I get to work. I bet my job would be the last one to close. I work at a gas station. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 Riley’s last post is utter non-sense We will have long lasting negative effects though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 28 minutes ago, SilentWorld said: I just don’t think it’s reasonable to shut down society for two years. It’s too late. I have shut down society. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilentWorld Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 5 minutes ago, sblfilms said: Riley’s last post is utter non-sense We will have long lasting negative effects though. After reading the article I do tend to think “flattening the curve” to be an exercise in futility. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remarkableriots Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 4 minutes ago, johnny said: It’s too late. I have shut down society. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 16 minutes ago, SilentWorld said: After reading the article I do tend to think “flattening the curve” to be an exercise in futility. The guy doesn’t understand that containment is a part of curve flattening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Keyser_Soze Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 33 minutes ago, PaladinSolo said: @EternallDarkness said he wouldn’t miss it for the world 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewhyteboar Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comet Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 2 hours ago, PaladinSolo said: I thought all of that shit closed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaysWho? Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 38 minutes ago, thewhyteboar said: lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 43 minutes ago, Comet said: I thought all of that shit closed? Disneyland is closed, not Disney World Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastlevaniaNut18 Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 The churches my grandmothers go to have all canceled services. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaysWho? Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 Al Roker and Craig Melvin were given the morning off after a staffer at the Today show tested positive for the novel coronavirus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloodporne Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 I think this thread is a conspiracy to dethrone "Existing While Black" in terms of sheer hopeless depression factor 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloodporne Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 6 hours ago, SilentWorld said: Is such a thing even possible? If you're a huge fan of The Road, sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 6 hours ago, Dodger said: I can’t wait to be homeless so I won’t get a virus that probably won’t even kill me. I mean let’s do what we can but we can’t destroy society for this. It’s not like it’s some inescapable automatic death sentence to everyone who gets it. You're right, it's only an inescapable death sentence for millions. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaysWho? Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 7 minutes ago, Bloodporne said: I think this thread is a conspiracy to dethrone "Existing While Black" in terms of sheer hopeless depression factor Someone get him addicted to Bloodborne again so he won't spill the beans on us anymore. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloodporne Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 5 minutes ago, SaysWho? said: Someone get him addicted to Bloodborne again so he won't spill the beans on us anymore. I should do a whole rambling blog rant about how Bloodborne was prophetic and basically Covid-19 Simulator 1865. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost_MH Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 25 minutes ago, CastlevaniaNut18 said: The churches my grandmothers go to have all canceled services. Yup. Now that Massachusetts has banned gatherings of 25 or more, I've gotten a few phones calls asking about how to stream services online and such. A few churches in my area are either going online only it running like 5 or 6 services on Sundays with a cap off 20 congregants. The latter still seems crazy because this stuff can just remain on chairs and then just get everyone sick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloodporne Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 11 minutes ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said: I'll raise you a photo of a Stereophonics concert in Manchester, England two days ago. "Thank you Manchester! #stereophonics #kind2020tour" And here's an "influencer" attempting to kickstart "#CoronaChallenge" 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mclumber1 Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 My mom's church still had services yesterday. Only about 50 people showed up because of concerns. The good news is that the church implemented a no handshake and hug or other personal contact policy, which is better than pretending like everything is fine. I still worry because both of my parents are in their 60s and they are smokers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbsolutSurgen Posted March 16, 2020 Author Share Posted March 16, 2020 Over the last few weeks, I've seen a number of infectious disease "experts" tweeting/podcasting/interviewing about their predictions. Their expectations of infection and fatality rates vary so dramatically, that I can only conclude that no one "knows" what the future will bring. The "model" is only as good as the inputs, and there are so many unknowns with COVID-19, the model output is highly variable. My expectation is that somewhere between 3,000 and 30,000,000 will die in the US from the Coronavirus. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firewithin Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 3 hours ago, PaladinSolo said: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 23 minutes ago, Bloodporne said: I'll raise you a photo of a Stereophonics concert in Manchester, England two days ago. "Thank you Manchester! #stereophonics #kind2020tour" Some guy at work was at a similar thing in Mexico last night. From what I understand Mexico is giving no fucks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 1 hour ago, Bloodporne said: I think this thread is a conspiracy to dethrone "Existing While Black" in terms of sheer hopeless depression factor Well they might be closer than you think. A lot of it involves people (at least in the US) being able to get medical treatment, a lotta poor black people out there.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThreePi Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 I think the thing that is among the most frustrating about all of this is that there's no way that Trump can calm people's fears. Even if by some miracle he can overcome his ego and actually say the right things about what needs to shut down, how people need to act, what assistance will be available for people, even if he says all that, he's physically not capable of representing the gravity of the situation. The word vomit that would come out of his mouth would lack and sense of seriousness, urgency, or sincerity. He does not, and can not speak in a way that people can take seriously. All the stuff, the shutdowns, the social distancing, started happening while Trump was still saying everything was fine, its under control. Its abundantly clear that the way this country gets through this is completely in spite of Trump, and not because of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaku3 Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 26 minutes ago, Keyser_Soze said: Some guy at work was at a similar thing in Mexico last night. From what I understand Mexico is giving no fucks. Not entirely. They initially went for behind closed doors for Liga MX matches. Literally as I was watching yesterday's first match they canceled the league. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osxmatt Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 I watched the documentary Contagion last night. It was frightening how closely it tracked what’s happening right now. I suppose the silver lining is COVID-19 isn’t nearly as deadly as MEV-1. Right...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 11 minutes ago, ThreePi said: I think the thing that is among the most frustrating about all of this is that there's no way that Trump can calm people's fears. Even if by some miracle he can overcome his ego and actually say the right things about what needs to shut down, how people need to act, what assistance will be available for people, even if he says all that, he's physically not capable of representing the gravity of the situation. The word vomit that would come out of his mouth would lack and sense of seriousness, urgency, or sincerity. He does not, and can not speak in a way that people can take seriously. All the stuff, the shutdowns, the social distancing, started happening while Trump was still saying everything was fine, its under control. Its abundantly clear that the way this country gets through this is completely in spite of Trump, and not because of it. He's the Ben Stein (in terms of cadence and voice) of Presidents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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