Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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Lower the retirement age. Studies so far indicate that the immunity system of younger people reacts to protect them more strongly than older people after the virus is caught and they survive. Time for Boomers to let the young ones work.
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#62
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Yes, and I’d like to know why? Only 3 countries with much larger populations have deaths higher than NY state.
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#63
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Why is simple. Have you looked at mere size of the United States. You could fit Italy, Spain and France within our border. Combine their losses against ours. The media is comparing apples and bananas.
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#64
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But I sense our per capita case rate is strangely high. I could be wrong. Haven’t had a chance to do an analysis. But even if it is, I’d attribute it to our propensity for international travel, scarcity of testing and locking down late.
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What I was trying to say NY state has 828 deaths per million of its population from Worldometers. The other top countries in the world for death rate are: Spain 409 deaths per million of its population Italy 367 deaths per million of its population France 275 deaths per million of its population So NYState has 2 times as many people dying as anywhere in the world at this time and I said, yes, I am worried about it. |
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I can answer that as a native. New York City is densely populated. Apartment buildings can have many many floors, 30 to 50 floors or more, of multiple apts on each floor. It would be impossible not to run into neighbors. There is also an element that does not follow rules and you can be sure that’s who’s filling the emergency rooms. The numbers are no longer scary once you know that when you get out of the city and go more upstate, it’s pastoral with very few, if any, cases. |
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You are right... but I have friends in NYC too.
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#68
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There are sufficient tests for sick people and that’s who should get them not every one who needs to assuage their fear. You cannot test 330 million, nor should you. Besides, you could be negative on Tuesday and positive on Thursday. DeSantis was wrong to let the partying go on at the beaches as long as he did. |
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Same here. I never lived in the city but always the burbs but the crowding there was high.
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#70
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How about making all federal employees, including all three branches of government, subject to Social Security. Scrap their overly generous retirement programs, and live like the rest of us. Then see what they call it. |
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We should have a serious dialog about all three of those you mention and others but honesty and desire to be re-elected are powerful deterrents.
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#72
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Federal retiree benefits vary greatly depending on occupation, geographic location, educational level, length of tenure and other factors. Many federal retirees could not live comfortably in the Villages on their federal annuity alone.
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Good data analysis requires lots of relevant variables, but the more relevant the variables, the harder the variables are to get quality relevant data. . . . sportsguy |
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Oh...and cruise ships: a virtual germ/virus factory. After a 10 day cruise about four years ago neither my husband nor I ever wanted to do another cruise. Glad we agreed on that. I would rather fly or drive to a lovely destination & stay there to enjoy the ambiance.
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[QUOTE= Many federal retirees could not live comfortably in the Villages on their federal annuity alone.[/QUOTE]
I'm sure you are correct. I don't know of ANY ss recipients who could live in the Villages on ss alone. I stand on my statement. |
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