Putting our finger in front of the sun

@Quizzical we will just have to wait and see

@Carla From what I checked a couple of days ago, globally there are 4.9 million confirmed cases, and 326 thousand deaths, out of a global population of 7.5 billion.

I would suggest that the number of true cases was far higher owing to a lack of sufficient teasting, and that the number of confirmed deaths is actually lower given the authorities' current inclination to err on the side of caution and mark down unrelated deaths down as Covid if the person happened to be infected.

So as for deaths we've lost 0.0043% of the global population to this virus, and 0.06% of the population are infected, with 6.6% of the infected dying, of which, 90% of THOSE had a prior health condition where ANY virulent respiratory infection could have killed them.


For some folks this is absolutely a life or death situation, and those who are at risk should certainly be maintaining social distancing. But it's inevitable there is a point at which a small about of lives are just not worth a global economic recession which would affect everyone.

That may sound callous, but I just see it as pragmatic.

Should we lock down the entire world because 500,000 person might die? Would we do it for 50,000? Would we do it for 10,000, or 1,000?

Would we do it to save just ONE person?

It's a moral dilemma really.

Do the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few, or don't they? And at which point does that come into affect?

I think it's very important to avoid reacting to this whole situation emotionally, or else everyone could suffer just for a few people all because people had to be seen to be 'doing the right thing'.

@TJNewton I think that's all we can do my friend... It doesn't help that the experts keep changing their minds and advice every couple of weeks, lol. I know it's the way science tends to work, but it's really putting people on edge.

As I've stated elsewhere, though there is certainly a pandemic in progress I think the biggest problem we face is political machinations rather than the virus itself.

@Graylight There's a very interesting theory regarding T-cells emerging actually.

@Quizzical I'll look into it. There's another theory involving androgen as a possible factor, meaning not only that there would be a difference in infection of a male and females, but it leads the way toward possible therapy. Other research is looking at Route so long our DNA as a possible explanation for why The Simpsons are so incredibly varied.

I think the bottom line is that in our culture, we think we deserve and so we expect immediate information and answers. Sometimes those just don't come and we can't dictate their schedule. Right now it's all just puzzle pieces.

@Graylight Aren't The Simpsons all yellow? 😏 lol

@BEENOV hmmm...I can only guess what DC means.
You are a classy fellow, aren't you?

@Carla Very actually,

@BEENOV yeah, I can tell,🙄

@BEENOV??

@Graylight what?

@QuixoticSoul we have a president
Ok I give up which countries are you a citizen of?

@Driver2 I voted for Putin - twice.

@QuixoticSoul shocker
Russian troll

@JaggedLittlePill

@TJNewton Yeah, as if a virus can be an enemy.

@Graylight What you mean dumbfuck trump told a lie ?

@Graylight Nor more or less than 'terrorism' can be an enemy, lol

They really think we are stupid and don't notice them whittling away our freedoms.