Noahfecks
El Destructo!
- Location
- Glenwoody Springs, CO
governor Schwartz just closed all the ski areas through executive fiat
Recommending all schools closed for 8 weeks
Recommending all schools closed for 8 weeks
Last year when I was on chemo I caught a cold. It was really bad. Deep bad cough, couldn't catch my breath. It was worse than when I had pneumonia.I don't know sh*t but I do know colds kill, too.
Except when your immune system is compromised they don't call it a cold.
No matter what... everyone is going to have a different perspective.
If undoubtedly you don't want yourself or your kids exposed, reduce your interaction with other people.
Be self reliant and don't expect others to respect your best interests...
Because, guess what? They won't.
So we may find others disrespectful but I go out and do my thing taking 100% responsibility for myself. Also, don't assume others are smart enough or forward thinking enough to protect you or your family.
The Salt Lake Health Department said 11 of those cases are adults over the age of 18 and three are children. Two of the children attended Hunter High School in West Valley City and Entheos Academy, a charter school with campuses in Magna and Kearns, while symptomatic. Both school communities have been notified of the potential exposure to the virus.
But death rate, on average, is running about 6%, yet much higher in at risk populations.
Dang that’s a great article! Thanks for sharingCoronavirus: Why You Must Act Now
Politicians and Business Leaders: What Should You Do and When?medium.com
Best article I’ve read laying down the facts on why all the social distancing measures needed to happen as fast as they did. Recommended reading for those who think all of this is unfounded media hype.
TL;DR: way more people are actually infected than official reported cases suggest
But death rate, on average, is running about 6%, yet much higher in at risk populations.
No need for panic but certainly calls for common sense and some extra measures such as limiting large group gatherings and such.
Especially governments, because if they do nothing they get crucified.
I agree that the media is over hyping. They over hype everything. The thing is, overhype is a good thing in this case. People are slow to act. Distancing and increased hygiene need to happen.
The response has been fairly quick in the US and the shutdown of so many large gathering will make a big difference. I hope when this is all over all the people that thought this wasn’t a big deal can say,”see I told you this wouldn’t be so bad”. That means the measures taken were enough. Enough people listened even though many didn’t.
So what is the end game here? We need distancing, we need quarantine, why? The only thing it does is flatten the curve.
ummm...these are not trivial reasons for everyone to take the social distancing guidelines seriously. If the hospitals are overwhelmed, MUCH more people die. If we flatten the curve, so when people do need hospitalization they get it, the death rate goes way down. As in, .9% mortality vs 4%. One dude they tracked in South Korea infected over 1000 people before he started showing symptoms; it’s not responsible to ignore all the guidelines from the experts, just because you think they’re simply trying to look busy rather than, say, actually knowing what they’re talking about.So what is the end game here? We need distancing, we need quarantine, why? The only thing it does is flatten the curve. Instead of everyone getting sick at once, we drag it out. Sure, this keeps the hospitals from being completely overwhelmed, but that's it!
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Don't think hiding away is going to keep you safe, it only delays the inevitable. Good for the health care system, bad for pretty much everything else. Vaccine is years out, heath care providers can't really do anything for you except in extreme cases they can put you on a ventilator, iv, etc. to help your body heal.