Anonymous
Post 03/16/2020 19:46     Subject: CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19 NEW MEGA THREAD
Anonymous wrote:If the government called on people to get infected to build immunity to combat the virus, would you do it?


If I never had to pay taxes again, sure
Anonymous
Post 03/16/2020 19:29     Subject: Re:CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19 NEW MEGA THREAD
Re: UK
Active speculation that it might do an Iran.
Anonymous
Post 03/16/2020 19:05     Subject: Re:CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19 NEW MEGA THREAD
There are not enough doctors in the country. The AMA has done everything it can to keep the profession small and exclusive. And Congress hasn’t helped by keeping residency slots capped since 1997. And now, they have doubled the undergraduate prerequisites that must be taken and they have doubled the material on the MCAT. It should be rigorous, challenging and competitive, but this is ridiculous. Over half of qualified applicants can’t get in, despite the huge shortage.
Anonymous
Post 03/16/2020 18:57     Subject: CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19 NEW MEGA THREAD
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:If the government called on people to get infected to build immunity to combat the virus, would you do it?


if the logic made any sense probably. which is not the case here.


Its interesting because that is what England is working on. “herd immunity”. Google it. Will be very interesting to hear about the outcome.


That's not true. England is not intentionally infecting large numbers of people to built "herd immunity." It is just that their idiot head of state, the complement to our idiot head of state, thinks it can't be stopped, so why bother banning gatherings to slow it down, apparently based on a gross misunderstanding of herd immunity.

You don't get herd immunity by intentionally having large numbers of people get a communicable disease. That just guarantees that it will spread far beyond where you want it to and more vulnerable people will get it.

Herd immunity is what vaccines do - it stops large numbers of people from getting the disease. When you don't have a vaccine for a new virus for which no one has pre-existing immunity, you have to slow down the spread, not accelerate it. Good lord, how far the U.S. and Great Britain have fallen with these idiots in charge.



We are right in the middle of a case study of what not to do.
Anonymous
Post 03/16/2020 18:55     Subject: CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19 NEW MEGA THREAD
Anonymous wrote:Is a really bad headache associate with the virus? Have had a terrible headache all day. Folks in my office started with headaches last week, then had flu-likes symptoms without testing positive for flu. With that, wondering. Could be stress but still wondering.


I also am coming off of a 4 day migraine. I figured it was the pollen and general anxiety levels.
Anonymous
Post 03/16/2020 18:51     Subject: CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19 NEW MEGA THREAD
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:If the government called on people to get infected to build immunity to combat the virus, would you do it?


if the logic made any sense probably. which is not the case here.


Its interesting because that is what England is working on. “herd immunity”. Google it. Will be very interesting to hear about the outcome.


That's not true. England is not intentionally infecting large numbers of people to built "herd immunity." It is just that their idiot head of state, the complement to our idiot head of state, thinks it can't be stopped, so why bother banning gatherings to slow it down, apparently based on a gross misunderstanding of herd immunity.

You don't get herd immunity by intentionally having large numbers of people get a communicable disease. That just guarantees that it will spread far beyond where you want it to and more vulnerable people will get it.

Herd immunity is what vaccines do - it stops large numbers of people from getting the disease. When you don't have a vaccine for a new virus for which no one has pre-existing immunity, you have to slow down the spread, not accelerate it. Good lord, how far the U.S. and Great Britain have fallen with these idiots in charge.

Anonymous
Post 03/16/2020 18:50     Subject: CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19 NEW MEGA THREAD
Anonymous wrote:
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Anonymous wrote:If the government called on people to get infected to build immunity to combat the virus, would you do it?


Nope. I ain’t no martyr.


Lol. Not to save our elderly and immune compromised citizens?


My parents are 79 and 80. I’m their primary care provider when something happens. I’m not risking it.

All those healthy 20 somethings can.
Anonymous
Post 03/16/2020 18:47     Subject: CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19 NEW MEGA THREAD
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:If the government called on people to get infected to build immunity to combat the virus, would you do it?


if the logic made any sense probably. which is not the case here.


Its interesting because that is what England is working on. “herd immunity”. Google it. Will be very interesting to hear about the outcome.


And yet we don't know if people are immune once they've had it. Can anyone shed light on this? It seems like a really critical piece of information. Do people normally have immunity to viruses once they've had a disease? What do we know about immunity to Covid-19?
Anonymous
Post 03/16/2020 18:39     Subject: CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19 NEW MEGA THREAD
We already have 17 announced deaths today, jumping from 69 to 86 total. Four states got their first death.
Today's Deaths:
Washington - 6
New York - 4
California - 1
Louisiana - 1
Virginia - 1
Nevada - 1
South Carolina - 1
Indiana - 1
Kentucky - 1
Anonymous
Post 03/16/2020 18:39     Subject: CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19 NEW MEGA THREAD
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:If the government called on people to get infected to build immunity to combat the virus, would you do it?


if the logic made any sense probably. which is not the case here.


Its interesting because that is what England is working on. “herd immunity”. Google it. Will be very interesting to hear about the outcome.
Anonymous
Post 03/16/2020 18:35     Subject: CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19 NEW MEGA THREAD
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Anonymous wrote:I wonder if at some point, loosing some life is what has to happen to get things back to normal. What I mean is that concerns of job loss, collapsed economies, which drive looting and killing to survive, out weight the potential death of elderly and those with compromised immunity. Assuming those people do not lock themselves in their homes to avoid people. Just pondering.


No. 5% need critical care and ventilation. These would all die if everyone was sick at once. Another 15% are in serious condition. Some of those would also die without intervention. A massive loss of population would absolutely destroy the economy. What you propose would turn a temporary downturn into a permanent one. Dead people do not buy things.


Speaking strictly in terms of economics and theory and NOT morality, I'm not sure it would be bad for the economy if we're assuming that most loss of life would occur among retirees and sick people. Aren't aging populations a drag on economies normally?


You have to be mentally ill and young to post this.


People who think like this are the libertarians that right wing billionaires cultivate.


The Wilks brothers don’t spend millions on Prager U for no reason.


Ok, I'm the one who wrote that, and you all are misunderstanding my (obviously poorly worded) post. I hoped that my stipulation about morality indicated that I was asking strictly about economic facts and not suggesting we all might be better off letting some people die. I don't want to lose any old people! (And I'm not that young, myself.)

Take care of yourselves, people.
Anonymous
Post 03/16/2020 18:34     Subject: CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19 NEW MEGA THREAD
Anonymous wrote:If the government called on people to get infected to build immunity to combat the virus, would you do it?


if the logic made any sense probably. which is not the case here.
Anonymous
Post 03/16/2020 18:34     Subject: CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19 NEW MEGA THREAD
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:If the government called on people to get infected to build immunity to combat the virus, would you do it?


Nope. I ain’t no martyr.


Lol. Not to save our elderly and immune compromised citizens?


It wouldn't save them. It would put them more at risk.
Anonymous
Post 03/16/2020 18:31     Subject: CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19 NEW MEGA THREAD
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:If the government called on people to get infected to build immunity to combat the virus, would you do it?


Nope. I ain’t no martyr.


Lol. Not to save our elderly and immune compromised citizens?
Anonymous
Post 03/16/2020 18:30     Subject: CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19 NEW MEGA THREAD
Anonymous wrote:If the government called on people to get infected to build immunity to combat the virus, would you do it?


Nope. I ain’t no martyr.