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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]The problem is Trump supporters think social distancing and stay at home orders are for Liberal pu££ies. Trump politicized this whole thing when he said it was a hoax.[/b][/quote]
I am so sick of the politicization of this crap. I am by no means a Trump supporter and I favor opening things up soon. Why is it so difficult to realize that thinking a virus that has a less than 2% fatality rate is not worth shutting down the world and causing a global depression over?  This is thorny because it does cause people to consider how high of a death rate would be worth it. The people who think the Coronavirus death rate is worth it presumably don’t think that the number of deaths caused by the flu are worth it. Does that mean they value the economy over lives?  Of course not!  Well it’s the same thing with people such as myself who don’t think the less than 2% fatality rate of Coronavirus warrants this response. How high would the % have to go for me to think this response warrants it?  I really don’t know. It’s not something I’ve ever had to consider before now and it’s really hard to put a hard number on it, but not 2%. I don’t think that makes me a monster, and it certainly doesn’t make me a Trump supporter. [/quote]
It's not the death rate...it's the absolute number of deaths. That's a function of the likelihood of getting it and the death rate. You're likelihood of getting COVID-19 in the next year is maybe 50% absent any social distancing measures. If the fatality rate is 2%, that means the likelihood of a person dying is 1% in the next year. I can almost guarantee that there is nothing else you do voluntarily on a regular basis that carries such a high risk. I climb mountains and ski off-piste (considered exceptionally high risk sports), and I would never do either if the risk were that high.[/quote]

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