Re opening is a crazy idea...

... Unless you have proper testing. The virus is still at large and there is a decline in new casrs BECAUSE of the lockdown. This doesnt prove the lockdown is unnecessary but that it is necessary. If you open up, you need to be able to isolate and control the virus or its Groundhog Day for the black death.

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Roadsterrider · 56-60, M

According to www.worldometers.info there have been 2.6 million confirmed cases of corona virus. 97% of those are mild not requiring hospitalization. Of the 3% who are hospitalized, about 20% become a casualty of the virus. That comes out to about 0.6% fatality rate worldwide. And those are only confirmed cases. Several sources have alluded to there being a host more people who have had the virus but self medicated and recovered on their own. Something like 80% of fatalities have been over the age of 65. It is bad for seniors, the good news there is that many seniors are retired and aren't in the work force. There are a lot of younger folks who haven't had time or wages to save for an emergency, they are in danger of losing insurance, homes, etc., if we don't start back to work. It isn't as bad as they thought it would be, someone has to accept the egg on their face for the overreaction. I deal with a number of law enforcement and EMS agencies and have been traveling to keep these services operating for three weeks of the shutdown. Following the recommendations for washing hands and wearing a mask has worked for me. There is talk of a second wave of infections, the second wave will be worse if more people don't have insurance or jobs. The world never shutdown for MERS or SARS, the response to the corona virus is an over reaction.

sunsporter1649 · 70-79, M

@Roadsterrider Well put.

Ride safe.

Burnley123 · 41-45, M

@Roadsterrider Then the government should cover rent and wages.

PicturesOfABetterTomorrow · 41-45, M

@Roadsterrider First off your numbers are way off and seem deliberately skewed to downplay the issue and MERS and SARS were a totally different beast. There is literally no evidence that this is an overreaction.

sunsporter1649 · 70-79, M

@PicturesOfABetterTomorrow https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/doctors-believe-coronavirus-was-present-in-california-as-early-as-december

PicturesOfABetterTomorrow · 41-45, M

@sunsporter1649 If True that just makes it worse not better.

sunsporter1649 · 70-79, M

@PicturesOfABetterTomorrow https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-04-17/coronavirus-antibodies-study-santa-clara-county

PicturesOfABetterTomorrow · 41-45, M

@sunsporter1649 Keep digging, You seem to thick to understand this doesn't help your case.

sunsporter1649 · 70-79, M

@PicturesOfABetterTomorrow And the results keep showing that the incidence of death is far below all the models, along the way of 0.5%, not hardly enough to create the panic created by the drive-by media.

PicturesOfABetterTomorrow · 41-45, M

@sunsporter1649 Now you are just making shit up. The best case scenerio seen just about anywhere is 1.2% death rate (hint the US is currently at 5%) and global death rate is about 4%. 40 times seasonal flu. But sure cover your eyes like a 4 year old and pretend the bad thing will just go away.

Sorry but science and data is blowing up your bullshit. Blaming everything on big bad media for everything is not going to make it true. I realize that is your messiah's solution for everything but it is not based in reality.

sunsporter1649 · 70-79, M

@PicturesOfABetterTomorrow When you crawl out from under your igloo and get a pencil, if you are capable of simple math you will be surprised at what you find

PicturesOfABetterTomorrow · 41-45, M

@sunsporter1649 Sorry but I don't invent my own math to suit my political ideology like you do. I use the same math as the actual experts not an empty suit with an orange tan.

Roadsterrider · 56-60, M

@Burnley123 The government can't cover anything that it first doesn't take from someone else. Tax payers cover the cost of the governments screw ups. The money the government passes out so freely first has to be taken from someone who worked for it. Then they give it to someone who hasn't saved, hasn't made themselves a valuable employee, hasn't prepared for an emergency.

daisymay · 51-55, T

@Roadsterrider [quote]Several sources have alluded[/quote]

Well, color me convinced!

🙄

Roadsterrider · 56-60, M

@PicturesOfABetterTomorrow www.worldometers.info or just google corona virus numbers for today. The death rate in the US is 147 per 1 million people, that is roughly 0.014% fatality rate nationally.

Roadsterrider · 56-60, M

@daisymay I didn't save a link for every article I read but if you read a few, you will see mention of people who test positive for the virus but didn't go to the doctor, one article was about testing people who think they might have had it because they are using plasma from people who did get better on their own to treat critical cases.

sunsporter1649 · 70-79, M

@Roadsterrider Anything that does not fit their narrative is immediately dismissed as hokey

daisymay · 51-55, T

@Roadsterrider It's all moot now, anyway.

The new miracle cure is to inject yourself with disinfectant or shower your internal organs and entire body cavity with UV radiation according to the D-man himself.

We can only hope his true and trusted emissaries can get that word out to the faithful before the fakestream media and the libs try to convince people they should stay sick or not try to prevent infection.