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justjim 03-24-2020 01:54 PM

Flu and Coronavirus
 
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Originally Posted by Gpsma (Post 1731837)
Guess they are eating home so much that a couple in TV need 100 rolls of toilet paper?

Dont talk about “facts”....this is nothing more than speculation and hysterical fear.

No proof yet this will be worse than H1N1 or a bad flu season.

With all due respect, the Coronavirus and the bad flu are totally different. There are drugs for the flu and in most cases a vaccine. At this point in time, we have neither for the Coronavirus. We need to lower the curve to save as many lives as we can.

DonnaNi4os 03-24-2020 01:55 PM

Check the statistics. People are contracting this virus and dying. I’m safely at home with my dog. The numbers in NY and NJ are multiplying rapidly. My daughter bowls with 2 people in NJ who contracted COVID-19. One recovered and is home from the hospital, the other is still hospitalized and is on a respirator. Whether you believe it or not, this is a real threat, especially to our demographics. I have a cousin whose friend has died of the virus. I’m not an alarmist but I am intelligent enough to understand the facts. Yes, the economy is disastrous right now. But is you put everyone back together again they will be together in a cemetery. Look at what is happening in Italy. They waited to self isolate and now the physicians have stopped treating the very elderly. That is known as “thinning of the herd”. Open your eyes.

TexaninVA 03-24-2020 02:05 PM

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Originally Posted by retiredguy123 (Post 1732843)
I agree. If they are going to report the number of positive tests, they should also report the number of negative tests. Otherwise the data is meaningless.

The Surgeon General said today, in Trumps virtual town hall, that about 90% of people who are now being tested come back negative 👎... ie no covid19.

That number however is only about 75% for those in NYC area.

Byte1 03-24-2020 02:20 PM

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Originally Posted by xNYer (Post 1732685)
Curious as to whether this view is only believed by Fox News viewers?

I think you have it backwards. That view is definitely NOT a conservative view.

OrangeBlossomBaby 03-24-2020 03:18 PM

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Originally Posted by retiredguy123 (Post 1732843)
I agree. If they are going to report the number of positive tests, they should also report the number of negative tests. Otherwise the data is meaningless.

I don't know who you mean by "they" but the reports exist and the information is publicly accessible:

Experience

Big letters on the left:

Total Tests
15,547
Positive
1,412
Negative
13,127
Results Pending
1,008

bilcon 03-24-2020 04:06 PM

I still can't figure the guns and ammo angle. Are they afraid people will go crazy and start robbing or attacking you for your toilet paper?

rferg40 03-24-2020 04:21 PM

Here are your statistics if we don't stop this. Estimated number of people infected 40 to 80% of the U.S. population. Mortality rate from the World Health Organization is 3.6% (significantly higher among those over 70). 330 million people in the U.S at a 40% infection rate means that 132 million people infected. 3.6% of those will die. That is 4,752,000 dead people (most of them over 70).

golfing eagles 03-24-2020 04:44 PM

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Originally Posted by rferg40 (Post 1732920)
Here are your statistics if we don't stop this. Estimated number of people infected 40 to 80% of the U.S. population. Mortality rate from the World Health Organization is 3.6% (significantly higher among those over 70). 330 million people in the U.S at a 40% infection rate means that 132 million people infected. 3.6% of those will die. That is 4,752,000 dead people (most of them over 70).

An estimate like that doesn't even rate a response

Aces4 03-24-2020 06:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Bucco (Post 1732810)
As example....


"Amid the pandemic of COVID-19 for which there is currently no treatment, doctors have urged the public not to self medicate after an Arizona man died and his wife was put in critical care. The pair, both in their 60s, took chloroquine phosphate, an additive used to clean fish tanks."


Health Officials Warn Against Self-Medicating With Chloroquine for Coronavirus After Man Dies From Taking Fish Tank Cleaner

Because some cannot keep quiet, does not mean you need believe them.

They heard for weeks "this drug" could help....heard that part but ignored the constant warning from others on the same stage.


So people are hoarding, having panic attacks, buying guns and ammo because of the media and it’s own “ special” hype?

Aces4 03-24-2020 06:27 PM

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Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby (Post 1732702)
1. That is not true. They are experimenting and testing a small population with this combination, to learn whether or not it is a viable, practical treatment.

2. If we had pessimistic leaders during WWII, we might have participated earlier in the war, and ended it sooner.

Are you saying you think President Roosevelt was asleep at the wheel?

Bucco 03-24-2020 07:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Aces4 (Post 1732967)
So people are hoarding, having panic attacks, buying guns and ammo because of the media and it’s own “ special” hype?

You obviously did not read or comprehend the story. And it was NOT the media who poisoned the mans mind to do this. Only media involvement was aiming the camera

Read it t again....as far as the media.....many of them spent the last week warning everyone this might happen.

You have a unique lack of understanding.

Aces4 03-24-2020 08:42 PM

[QUOTE=Bucco;1732980]You obviously did not read or comprehend the story. And it was NOT the media who poisoned the mans mind to do this. Only media involvement was aiming the camera

Read it t again....as far as the media.....many of them spent the last week warning everyone this might happen.

You have a unique lack of understanding.[/QUOTE



Lol, right... I won’t waste anymore time on this. Most people are wise to the media.:1rotfl:

Edjkoz 03-24-2020 09:58 PM

Moving on
 
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Originally Posted by perrjojo (Post 1731807)
No, you are not the only one and that is why the virus continues to spread.

So, you can sit home, button up and not be in contact with anyone and collect your social security check and you’ll be fine but what about 5hose who depend on a paycheck? They need to get back to work and this hysteria isn’t helping

Two Bills 03-25-2020 05:52 AM

Can you not wonder why so many are not taking this virus seriously, and continue to ignore all warnings
Conflicting and dramatic facts and advice from news sources.
'Experts' being wheeled out in never ending numbers, to spout their latest theories and agenda,
Hospitals practicaly begging for such basic things as masks, and a lack of testing kits, yet the population is assured that all is 'Perfect' and under control
Now the latest quote from the President that he is hoping to have America open for business, and lifting many of the restrictions by Easter.
No worries there then!

Meanwhile in New York and other major cities............................:shrug:

Stay well.

retiredguy123 03-25-2020 06:22 AM

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Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby (Post 1732895)
I don't know who you mean by "they" but the reports exist and the information is publicly accessible:

Experience

Big letters on the left:

Total Tests
15,547
Positive
1,412
Negative
13,127
Results Pending
1,008

I mean almost all of the national television news channels. All day long, they are displaying a chart showing "total cases" and "deaths", which is misleading to many people because the chart does not show the number of tests performed. As the number of tests increase, the number of reported cases will also increase.


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