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oftenreading said:dignin said:What we have here is a bad case of the the Dunning–Kruger effect.
I admire (or feel sorry for) anyone who engages with the effected party.
I know here in Alberta the restrictions have been compared to fascism often.0 -
dignin said:oftenreading said:dignin said:What we have here is a bad case of the the Dunning–Kruger effect.
I admire (or feel sorry for) anyone who engages with the effected party.
I know here in Alberta the restrictions have been compared to fascism often.my small self... like a book amongst the many on a shelf0 -
gvn2fly1421 said:mrussel1 said:gvn2fly1421 said:mrussel1 said:gvn2fly1421 said:mrussel1 said:gvn2fly1421 said:mrussel1 said:gvn2fly1421 said:mrussel1 said:gvn2fly1421 said:mrussel1 said:gvn2fly1421 said:oftenreading said:gvn2fly1421 said:
At one point do you end the lockdown? If you told every person in America that if you locked down for a month the virus would be gone and life would be back to normal, every single person would jump at that. I know I would. The problem is, viruses are not on that same schedule. So at what point does the costs of lockdowns outweight the costs of reaching herd immunity?
*For most healthy people.
As I have stated in the past, I did not vote for that glorious orange bastard in 2016, but I did in 2020. I try to get information from all sides and form an opinion off of that. I believe women should be allowed to have an abortion. I believe in stricter gun laws. ABSO-FUCKIN-LUTELY!
One of my broader points throughout coming here is that if you cannot look at BOTH sides of the political landscape in America and laugh at the absurdity, you are too far gone.
OK, please do not derail off of that post... Back to covid...
Several have mentioned the vaccine as the "getting back to normal" point, my only concern with that is the language that the health community and the MSM is using around the vaccine (may not protect against variants, still have to mask, still have to distance, cannot travel, etc.) is a terrible message to send to get people back to normal and want to take the vaccine. What incentive does a healthy adult have to take the vaccine?
But you continue to avoid other points that I have raised and go onto something else. Everyone see the goal posts moving consistently here. Going back to what I believe your core point was, that we should have gone to herd immunity as a strategy. The one country that had that as a strategy was Sweden, and they had higher infection and mortality rates than neighboring Scandinavian countries. It has been a failure. https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-factcheck-prageru-sweden-herd-immunit/fact-check-sweden-has-not-achieved-herd-immunity-is-not-proof-that-lockdowns-are-useless-idUSKBN28C2R7
I went and looked at Sweden's numbers on google and they don't look awful. More people have gotten the virus and more people have died, but the percentage of people who get the virus and survive are close when compared to Norway and Finland. I have no idea how each country handled the virus, let me just get that out there before I am asked. Would anyone care to enlighten me?
What other points can I offer an opinion to that I have missed? I try to respond to any posts directed me as honest as I can.
Let that sink in. 122 million deaths under your strategy. As another comparative, a measly 75 million people died in WW2. The Influenza outbreak of 1919/20 was 50 million.
So bottom line, it's hard to agree with your theory or your statement that "virus gonna virus, no matter what".
The CDC itself just reviewed tons of death certificates and questioned the true death toll... See for yourself here... https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7014e2.htm
For 6% of the deaths, covid was the only cause listed. Could the true death toll be closer to 30,000 opposed to 500,000?
"Among 378,048 death certificates from 2020 listing COVID-19, 5.5% listed COVID-19 without codes for any other conditions. Among 357,133 death certificates with at least one other condition, 97% had a co-occurring diagnosis of a plausible chain-of-event condition (e.g., pneumonia or respiratory failure), or a significant contributing condition (e.g., hypertension or diabetes), or both."
That's not "questioning the true death toll" - the above paragraph doesn't suggest at all what you're stating. What has been said about this virus from day one is that immunocompromised individuals are at substantially heightened risk. It should be fairly obvious based on that fact (shared over a year ago now) that you'd expect more fatalities to be linked with contributing conditions - and it certainly doesn't mean any fatalities with co-morbidities are somehow 'invalid' CoVID-19 deaths. Show some meaningful numbers instead of bullshit anecdotes if you intend to convince anyone here. If your claim is that the CDC has overstated the fatalities by 94% because co-morbidities are a myth - I truly don't know what to say other than that's moronic.'05 - TO, '06 - TO 1, '08 - NYC 1 & 2, '09 - TO, Chi 1 & 2, '10 - Buffalo, NYC 1 & 2, '11 - TO 1 & 2, Hamilton, '13 - Buffalo, Brooklyn 1 & 2, '15 - Global Citizen, '16 - TO 1 & 2, Chi 2
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Ledbetterman10 said:I wonder what some of you think of this scenario. The CDC says if you're fully-vaccinated, you can gather with others that are fully vaccinated without a mask. At my place of work, there's eight of us. We've all been offered the vaccine, and seven of us got it and are fully vaccinated. The one who didn't, just simply doesn't want it. Am I under some sort of moral obligation to keep wearing my mask to keep her safe?
For now, we're still all under orders for higher-ups to wear our masks in hallways and common places. I don't have to wear it in my own office, but have to put it on to go the bathroom. But if that order gets lifted, in your guys' opinions, should the seven of us still wear our masks for the sake of the one person that refused the vaccine?Scio me nihil scire
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I can see a smile on Hitler's, Himmler's and Goebbels's faces..
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23scidoo said:I can see a smile on Hitler's, Himmler's and Goebbels's faces..
https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2021-04-07/venezuelan-mayor-marks-homes-of-covid-patients-with-red-symbol0 -
23scidoo said:I can see a smile on Hitler's, Himmler's and Goebbels's faces..
https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2021-04-07/venezuelan-mayor-marks-homes-of-covid-patients-with-red-symbol0 -
Now, that's leadership, efficiency and caring about the "Murican people. But POOTWH getting elected didn't do anything to me, personally.Even as career government scientists worked to combat the virus, a cadre of Trump appointees was trying to blunt the scientists’ messages, edit their findings and equip the president with alternate talking points, according to material obtained by the House’s select subcommittee on the outbreak.
Emails show Trump officials celebrate efforts to change CDC reports on coronavirus - The Washington Post09/15/1998 & 09/16/1998, Mansfield, MA; 08/29/00 08/30/00, Mansfield, MA; 07/02/03, 07/03/03, Mansfield, MA; 09/28/04, 09/29/04, Boston, MA; 09/22/05, Halifax, NS; 05/24/06, 05/25/06, Boston, MA; 07/22/06, 07/23/06, Gorge, WA; 06/27/2008, Hartford; 06/28/08, 06/30/08, Mansfield; 08/18/2009, O2, London, UK; 10/30/09, 10/31/09, Philadelphia, PA; 05/15/10, Hartford, CT; 05/17/10, Boston, MA; 05/20/10, 05/21/10, NY, NY; 06/22/10, Dublin, IRE; 06/23/10, Northern Ireland; 09/03/11, 09/04/11, Alpine Valley, WI; 09/11/11, 09/12/11, Toronto, Ont; 09/14/11, Ottawa, Ont; 09/15/11, Hamilton, Ont; 07/02/2012, Prague, Czech Republic; 07/04/2012 & 07/05/2012, Berlin, Germany; 07/07/2012, Stockholm, Sweden; 09/30/2012, Missoula, MT; 07/16/2013, London, Ont; 07/19/2013, Chicago, IL; 10/15/2013 & 10/16/2013, Worcester, MA; 10/21/2013 & 10/22/2013, Philadelphia, PA; 10/25/2013, Hartford, CT; 11/29/2013, Portland, OR; 11/30/2013, Spokane, WA; 12/04/2013, Vancouver, BC; 12/06/2013, Seattle, WA; 10/03/2014, St. Louis. MO; 10/22/2014, Denver, CO; 10/26/2015, New York, NY; 04/23/2016, New Orleans, LA; 04/28/2016 & 04/29/2016, Philadelphia, PA; 05/01/2016 & 05/02/2016, New York, NY; 05/08/2016, Ottawa, Ont.; 05/10/2016 & 05/12/2016, Toronto, Ont.; 08/05/2016 & 08/07/2016, Boston, MA; 08/20/2016 & 08/22/2016, Chicago, IL; 07/01/2018, Prague, Czech Republic; 07/03/2018, Krakow, Poland; 07/05/2018, Berlin, Germany; 09/02/2018 & 09/04/2018, Boston, MA; 09/08/2022, Toronto, Ont; 09/11/2022, New York, NY; 09/14/2022, Camden, NJ; 09/02/2023, St. Paul, MN; 05/04/2024 & 05/06/2024, Vancouver, BC; 05/10/2024, Portland, OR;
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gvn2fly1421 said:HughFreakingDillon said:mrussel1 said:gvn2fly1421 said:mrussel1 said:gvn2fly1421 said:mrussel1 said:gvn2fly1421 said:mrussel1 said:gvn2fly1421 said:mrussel1 said:gvn2fly1421 said:mrussel1 said:gvn2fly1421 said:oftenreading said:gvn2fly1421 said:
At one point do you end the lockdown? If you told every person in America that if you locked down for a month the virus would be gone and life would be back to normal, every single person would jump at that. I know I would. The problem is, viruses are not on that same schedule. So at what point does the costs of lockdowns outweight the costs of reaching herd immunity?
*For most healthy people.
As I have stated in the past, I did not vote for that glorious orange bastard in 2016, but I did in 2020. I try to get information from all sides and form an opinion off of that. I believe women should be allowed to have an abortion. I believe in stricter gun laws. ABSO-FUCKIN-LUTELY!
One of my broader points throughout coming here is that if you cannot look at BOTH sides of the political landscape in America and laugh at the absurdity, you are too far gone.
OK, please do not derail off of that post... Back to covid...
Several have mentioned the vaccine as the "getting back to normal" point, my only concern with that is the language that the health community and the MSM is using around the vaccine (may not protect against variants, still have to mask, still have to distance, cannot travel, etc.) is a terrible message to send to get people back to normal and want to take the vaccine. What incentive does a healthy adult have to take the vaccine?
But you continue to avoid other points that I have raised and go onto something else. Everyone see the goal posts moving consistently here. Going back to what I believe your core point was, that we should have gone to herd immunity as a strategy. The one country that had that as a strategy was Sweden, and they had higher infection and mortality rates than neighboring Scandinavian countries. It has been a failure. https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-factcheck-prageru-sweden-herd-immunit/fact-check-sweden-has-not-achieved-herd-immunity-is-not-proof-that-lockdowns-are-useless-idUSKBN28C2R7
I went and looked at Sweden's numbers on google and they don't look awful. More people have gotten the virus and more people have died, but the percentage of people who get the virus and survive are close when compared to Norway and Finland. I have no idea how each country handled the virus, let me just get that out there before I am asked. Would anyone care to enlighten me?
What other points can I offer an opinion to that I have missed? I try to respond to any posts directed me as honest as I can.
Let that sink in. 122 million deaths under your strategy. As another comparative, a measly 75 million people died in WW2. The Influenza outbreak of 1919/20 was 50 million.
So bottom line, it's hard to agree with your theory or your statement that "virus gonna virus, no matter what".
virus gonna virus indeed.
gvn2fly1421: let's get down to brass tax here. Do you think the virus is better left unchecked so we can make the herd stronger?
I will answer your question, with a question.... Do you think IF we didn't even know the coronavirus existed, we would have noticed? I think that answers your question, BTW.
Also, to the group, I am out. Will return later. Maybe. Tomorrow? Next week? I don't know, but I did not want anyone to think I am dodging questions.Hugh Freaking Dillon is currently out of the office, returning sometime in the fall0 -
Done me with etymology
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lastexitlondon said:Done me with etymologyHugh Freaking Dillon is currently out of the office, returning sometime in the fall0
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AstraZeneca update..
Germany and Spain, only over 60 y
England, only under 30 y
Australia, not under 50y
Belgium and France, not under 55y
Greece, only over 30y..
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Ledbetterman10 said:Gern Blansten said:Rage Against the Machine just postponed their tour to 2022.....This weekend we rock Portland0
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Been hunting around for a shot here in the Twin Cities. Nothing. Out of curiosity, I checked some of the rural areas. You know the places where people pissed and moaned about their “freedoms” being taken away and the governor being a dictator, and refusing to wear masks. Those areas all have shots available. Like a lot. Like you can pick and choose appointment day/times a lot. Fuckers.0
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jerparker20 said:Been hunting around for a shot here in the Twin Cities. Nothing. Out of curiosity, I checked some of the rural areas. You know the places where people pissed and moaned about their “freedoms” being taken away and the governor being a dictator, and refusing to wear masks. Those areas all have shots available. Like a lot. Like you can pick and choose appointment day/times a lot. Fuckers.jesus greets me looks just like me ....0
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josevolution said:jerparker20 said:Been hunting around for a shot here in the Twin Cities. Nothing. Out of curiosity, I checked some of the rural areas. You know the places where people pissed and moaned about their “freedoms” being taken away and the governor being a dictator, and refusing to wear masks. Those areas all have shots available. Like a lot. Like you can pick and choose appointment day/times a lot. Fuckers.
In western Nebraska there is an over abundance of avaliable vaccines with some going to waste. In Eastern Nebraska there is a shortage.0 -
benjs said:gvn2fly1421 said:mrussel1 said:gvn2fly1421 said:mrussel1 said:gvn2fly1421 said:mrussel1 said:gvn2fly1421 said:mrussel1 said:gvn2fly1421 said:mrussel1 said:gvn2fly1421 said:mrussel1 said:gvn2fly1421 said:oftenreading said:gvn2fly1421 said:
At one point do you end the lockdown? If you told every person in America that if you locked down for a month the virus would be gone and life would be back to normal, every single person would jump at that. I know I would. The problem is, viruses are not on that same schedule. So at what point does the costs of lockdowns outweight the costs of reaching herd immunity?
*For most healthy people.
As I have stated in the past, I did not vote for that glorious orange bastard in 2016, but I did in 2020. I try to get information from all sides and form an opinion off of that. I believe women should be allowed to have an abortion. I believe in stricter gun laws. ABSO-FUCKIN-LUTELY!
One of my broader points throughout coming here is that if you cannot look at BOTH sides of the political landscape in America and laugh at the absurdity, you are too far gone.
OK, please do not derail off of that post... Back to covid...
Several have mentioned the vaccine as the "getting back to normal" point, my only concern with that is the language that the health community and the MSM is using around the vaccine (may not protect against variants, still have to mask, still have to distance, cannot travel, etc.) is a terrible message to send to get people back to normal and want to take the vaccine. What incentive does a healthy adult have to take the vaccine?
But you continue to avoid other points that I have raised and go onto something else. Everyone see the goal posts moving consistently here. Going back to what I believe your core point was, that we should have gone to herd immunity as a strategy. The one country that had that as a strategy was Sweden, and they had higher infection and mortality rates than neighboring Scandinavian countries. It has been a failure. https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-factcheck-prageru-sweden-herd-immunit/fact-check-sweden-has-not-achieved-herd-immunity-is-not-proof-that-lockdowns-are-useless-idUSKBN28C2R7
I went and looked at Sweden's numbers on google and they don't look awful. More people have gotten the virus and more people have died, but the percentage of people who get the virus and survive are close when compared to Norway and Finland. I have no idea how each country handled the virus, let me just get that out there before I am asked. Would anyone care to enlighten me?
What other points can I offer an opinion to that I have missed? I try to respond to any posts directed me as honest as I can.
Let that sink in. 122 million deaths under your strategy. As another comparative, a measly 75 million people died in WW2. The Influenza outbreak of 1919/20 was 50 million.
So bottom line, it's hard to agree with your theory or your statement that "virus gonna virus, no matter what".
The CDC itself just reviewed tons of death certificates and questioned the true death toll... See for yourself here... https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7014e2.htm
For 6% of the deaths, covid was the only cause listed. Could the true death toll be closer to 30,000 opposed to 500,000?
"Among 378,048 death certificates from 2020 listing COVID-19, 5.5% listed COVID-19 without codes for any other conditions. Among 357,133 death certificates with at least one other condition, 97% had a co-occurring diagnosis of a plausible chain-of-event condition (e.g., pneumonia or respiratory failure), or a significant contributing condition (e.g., hypertension or diabetes), or both."
That's not "questioning the true death toll" - the above paragraph doesn't suggest at all what you're stating. What has been said about this virus from day one is that immunocompromised individuals are at substantially heightened risk. It should be fairly obvious based on that fact (shared over a year ago now) that you'd expect more fatalities to be linked with contributing conditions - and it certainly doesn't mean any fatalities with co-morbidities are somehow 'invalid' CoVID-19 deaths. Show some meaningful numbers instead of bullshit anecdotes if you intend to convince anyone here. If your claim is that the CDC has overstated the fatalities by 94% because co-morbidities are a myth - I truly don't know what to say other than that's moronic.I give you credit for trying. The problem is Trump kicked a rock, and all the crazy people who hid beneath it and kept to themselves in the dark are now emboldened, and they ain’t going away
The dude literally said no matter what is done the virus is gonna virus, and PUT THE USA IN THE SAME BUCKET AS NZ.
NZ LITERALLY HAS ZERO DOMESTIC CASES. ZERO.
What does NZ do when there is community spread? They lock down immediately for a few days to eradicate the virus as science says should be done AND THEN THEY GO BACK TO LIVING THEIR NORMAL LIVES WITH EVERYTHING OPEN.
Sorry for shouting, but with these people it’s the same thing with everything with these trumpsters, the trump terrorists didn’t invade the capitol and kill a cop, trump didn’t collide with Russia or Ukraine, and either covid ain’t deadly or if it is, nothing can be done about it.
Murica is screwed. Enjoy normal life, New Zelanders!0 -
jerparker20 said:Been hunting around for a shot here in the Twin Cities. Nothing. Out of curiosity, I checked some of the rural areas. You know the places where people pissed and moaned about their “freedoms” being taken away and the governor being a dictator, and refusing to wear masks. Those areas all have shots available. Like a lot. Like you can pick and choose appointment day/times a lot. Fuckers.0
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josevolution said:jerparker20 said:Been hunting around for a shot here in the Twin Cities. Nothing. Out of curiosity, I checked some of the rural areas. You know the places where people pissed and moaned about their “freedoms” being taken away and the governor being a dictator, and refusing to wear masks. Those areas all have shots available. Like a lot. Like you can pick and choose appointment day/times a lot. Fuckers.
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