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Old 04-08-2020, 04:56 PM
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Originally Posted by zendog3 View Post
coved19 is way overblown. Not a big deal at all. Just ask Boris Johnson. I am sure he will tell you as soon as he gets out of intensive care, which he probably will do as he is much younger than you.

If we don't come up with a vaccine soon, about 50% of people will get it sooner or later. If you are one of that 50% , and you are my age, you will have between 15% to 20% chance of dying. Whether or not it is a big deal depends on how lucky you think you are. BTW social distancing and hand washing are will not stop anyone from getting the disease, it will "flatten the curve" or slow the spread in hope that they will find a vaccine before you contact the virus, or that there will be a ventilator for you in the hospital when you get there.
a) very optimistic, thank you
b) your numbers are way overblown
c) If those measures didn't stop anyone from getting the virus, they wouldn't flatten the curve at all----think about it