Is COVID-19 really that deadly.
04-18-2020, 04:35 PM
#291
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Originally Posted by flynd94
Yeah, getting stage 3A postrate cancer at 48 wasn’t my choice. I lead a healthy lifestyle. Screw you. Pray I never share the flight deck with you at UA
04-18-2020, 05:17 PM
#292
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Originally Posted by flynd94
Yeah, getting stage 3A postrate cancer at 48 wasn’t my choice. I lead a healthy lifestyle. Screw you. Pray I never share the flight deck with you at UA
04-18-2020, 07:54 PM
#293
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Originally Posted by Thor
ya spin the wheel ya take your chances, huh?
04-18-2020, 09:28 PM
#294
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Does anyone else find what’s happening in China at least strange? I’m not talking about the exact origin of the virus. I’m talking about a country of 1B+ people, the first one to have infections, and they report surprisingly low numbers relative to their population. Even if their data is bad, they should have bodies piling up everywhere given their bad healthcare system and densely populated cities.
They had a highly contagious virus going around completely unchecked for at least 2-3 weeks before they realized what the heck was going on, and we’re supposed to believe they were able to contain it to one region of the country? Something just doesn’t add up here. Maybe the folks flying there regularly can shed some light on this.
They had a highly contagious virus going around completely unchecked for at least 2-3 weeks before they realized what the heck was going on, and we’re supposed to believe they were able to contain it to one region of the country? Something just doesn’t add up here. Maybe the folks flying there regularly can shed some light on this.
04-18-2020, 11:23 PM
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Originally Posted by sigler
Does anyone else find what’s happening in China at least strange? I’m not talking about the exact origin of the virus. I’m talking about a country of 1B+ people, the first one to have infections, and they report surprisingly low numbers relative to their population. Even if their data is bad, they should have bodies piling up everywhere given their bad healthcare system and densely populated cities.
They had a highly contagious virus going around completely unchecked for at least 2-3 weeks before they realized what the heck was going on, and we’re supposed to believe they were able to contain it to one region of the country? Something just doesn’t add up here. Maybe the folks flying there regularly can shed some light on this.
They had a highly contagious virus going around completely unchecked for at least 2-3 weeks before they realized what the heck was going on, and we’re supposed to believe they were able to contain it to one region of the country? Something just doesn’t add up here. Maybe the folks flying there regularly can shed some light on this.
04-19-2020, 02:17 AM
#296
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I think it was the WSJ over a month ago that had an article about China's numbers. Apparently a single crematorium received two shipments, back to back, of funeral urns.
Each shipment was for 10,000
Each shipment was for 10,000
04-19-2020, 06:03 AM
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Originally Posted by The stillest
04-19-2020, 11:21 AM
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Originally Posted by sigler
Good article, but it’s from three weeks ago and their recent numbers are still pretty close to zero. I can see South Korea or Singapore being able to test and trace their way to containing this thing, but not China. Especially since the wouldn’t have known about the spread for at least a couple of weeks. It should have spread around their country like wildfire, and it didn’t. Or maybe it did, but they found a way of keeping deaths down and aren’t being transparent about it. Something doesn’t add up.
What does the age of the article have to do with how China is behaving?
04-19-2020, 12:17 PM
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Originally Posted by The stillest
What does the age of the article have to do with how China is behaving?
04-19-2020, 02:08 PM
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I'm perplexed at how the public policy response to COVID-19 is not based on proven science.
At best, there is a scarcity of epidemiological data regarding the effectiveness of social distancing and wearing of masks, yet these two methods have become the primary means of containment. Modelling analysis is of questionable relevance, a particularly relevant example are the documented inaccuracies and volatility of the IHME COVID-19 output.
How can such initiatives be justified when there is no peer reviewed evidence that they are effective? Are we moving the goalposts because of politically charged emotion and confirmation bias?
At best, there is a scarcity of epidemiological data regarding the effectiveness of social distancing and wearing of masks, yet these two methods have become the primary means of containment. Modelling analysis is of questionable relevance, a particularly relevant example are the documented inaccuracies and volatility of the IHME COVID-19 output.
How can such initiatives be justified when there is no peer reviewed evidence that they are effective? Are we moving the goalposts because of politically charged emotion and confirmation bias?
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