Coronavirus Thread III: The Show Must Not Go On (READ OP)

[Nanatsu no Tsuki]

Absolutely. We all have to do our part, immune or not. I’m just curious about the veracity of the study I linked to in terms of how far or close we are to herd immunity.

We should ask our NSG ruminants, they should know more about herd immunity than we do.

Fetch the sheep!

[Farnhamia]

Absolutely. We all have to do our part, immune or not. I’m just curious about the veracity of the study I linked to in terms of how far or close we are to herd immunity.

We should ask our NSG ruminants, they should know more about herd immunity than we do.

I'm not asking Kyru, you ask him.

[Albrenia]

I swear half of this thread is people getting hysterical over the economic effects of disease prevention measures.

I can't even be bothered to argue the point on it anymore. Many thousands (probably much more) of lives have been saved by these measures.

I wish we had been more prepared. It isn't wishful thinking to imagine a world where the choice didn't come down to lock down or save the economy and let people die.

Indeed. Hopefully governments will learn, at least for a time, that emergency services and backup plans aren't just 'fat' to be trimmed so you can have more money to buy votes with tax cuts.

[Fartsniffage]

https://imgur.com/gallery/Wvrs0EH

[Cannot think of a name]

I swear half of this thread is people getting hysterical over the economic effects of disease prevention measures.

I can't even be bothered to argue the point on it anymore. Many thousands (probably much more) of lives have been saved by these measures.

Well, no. It's mostly one dude who won't let up and everyone else telling him that's silly. It's still half the thread, but it's mostly that one guy just acting like one of those clown punching balloons.

[Vetalia]

Well, even if I did I assume I could still carry that little fucker from one place to the next and the idea is not to just not get it but also not spread it, so had it or not I still need to participate in the hand cleaning and staying the fuck away from people thing.

Absolutely. We all have to do our part, immune or not. I’m just curious about the veracity of the study I linked to in terms of how far or close we are to herd immunity.

It really seems consistent with a lot of the things I've noted in the thread in the past, especially an analysis of the ILI data and some anecdotal experiences I noted in my own life. Just saw an article that notes this virus was circulating in New York in January - I think we actually have massive spread and herd immunity at this point.

I need to see the updated CDC ILI data for this week to confirm my hypothesis.

[Farnhamia]

https://imgur.com/gallery/Wvrs0EH

You should post that over in Arch's Sunshine thread, too.

[Cannot think of a name]

https://imgur.com/gallery/Wvrs0EH

D'aww.

[Albrenia]

https://imgur.com/gallery/Wvrs0EH

You should post that over in Arch's Sunshine thread, too.

I second this motion.

[Fartsniffage]

https://imgur.com/gallery/Wvrs0EH

You should post that over in Arch's Sunshine thread, too.

Yes ma'am.

[Fartsniffage]

https://imgur.com/gallery/Wvrs0EH

D'aww.

https://i.imgur.com/TtOglQ1.mp4

[Ayytaly]

https://imgur.com/gallery/Wvrs0EH

The red virus is libertarian individualism. The blue one is social collectivism. Covid has proven to be a more effective political compass than online tests.

[Farnhamia]

You should post that over in Arch's Sunshine thread, too.

Yes ma'am.

Good lad. *digs in her purse* Huh, a Queen Anne crown. She sort of looks a little like Olivia Colman, I guess. *tosses the coin over*

[LimaUniformNovemberAlpha]

https://imgur.com/gallery/Wvrs0EH

Without laws restricting selfish hoarding, all "voluntarily refusing to hoard" does is let the selfish ones survive and the selfless ones die, promoting genes for selfishness.

The law is the only thing that can hold stuff like this back.

[Ayytaly]

https://imgur.com/gallery/Wvrs0EH

Without laws restricting selfish hoarding, all "voluntarily refusing to hoard" does is let the selfish ones survive and the selfless ones die, promoting genes for selfishness.

The law is the only thing that can hold stuff like this back.

BuT iTs ThE SuRvIVaL oF tHe FiTtEsT

[Ethel mermania]

We should ask our NSG ruminants, they should know more about herd immunity than we do.

I'm not asking Kyru, you ask him.

Desperate times farn, sometimes you got to step up and just take one for the team.

[San Lumen]

Absolutely. We all have to do our part, immune or not. I’m just curious about the veracity of the study I linked to in terms of how far or close we are to herd immunity.

It really seems consistent with a lot of the things I've noted in the thread in the past, especially an analysis of the ILI data and some anecdotal experiences I noted in my own life. Just saw an article that notes this virus was circulating in New York in January - I think we actually have massive spread and herd immunity at this point.

I need to see the updated CDC ILI data for this week to confirm my hypothesis.

I very much hope your Hypothesis is correct.

[Valrifell]

Without laws restricting selfish hoarding, all "voluntarily refusing to hoard" does is let the selfish ones survive and the selfless ones die, promoting genes for selfishness.

The law is the only thing that can hold stuff like this back.

BuT iTs ThE SuRvIVaL oF tHe FiTtEsT

Selfishness is not survival of the fittest because humans are tribal species. You hoard like this away from the clan, your ass is surviving on the savanna by yourself.

[Byrdeland]

Shoutout to all the single moms who continue to order Chinese clothes of wish.com.

In all seriousness, I am from Michigan, the fourth highest state in terms of Coronavirus cases, higher than California even.

Let me just try to explain the situation from a Michigander perspective. Once populated towns are now ghost towns, considering schools are shut down for the year, resturants are closed, sports are closed, public gatherings are closed, parks are closed. etc. Detroit has basically been gated off. Gov. Whitmer blames Donald Trump for not doing something about it in a nice spam email sent to everyone in the state.

This should not be the federal governments complete responsibility. Governors should be able to do their job and provide medical supplies and funding in these sorts of times. She made a statement saying all the supplies the fed. government gave were used in one hospital shift. Maybe if she added any sort of help or stimulus at all, this wouldn't be the case. But no, Whitmer is doing nothing besides boring schoolchildren and enforcing (basically) martial lae in hopes of the dissipation of the virus, completely ignoring the big cities pleas and plight. This is not a federal issue.

[Andsed]

https://imgur.com/gallery/Wvrs0EH

Huh there seems to be something in my eye at the moment.

[Ayytaly]

Shoutout to all the single moms who continue to order Chinese clothes of wish.com.

In all seriousness, I am from Michigan, the fourth highest state in terms of Coronavirus cases, higher than California even.

Let me just try to explain the situation from a Michigander perspective. Once populated towns are now ghost towns, considering schools are shut down for the year, resturants are closed, sports are closed, public gatherings are closed, parks are closed. etc. Detroit has basically been gated off. Gov. Whitmer blames Donald Trump for not doing something about it in a nice spam email sent to everyone in the state.

This should not be the federal governments complete responsibility. Governors should be able to do their job and provide medical supplies and funding in these sorts of times. She made a statement saying all the supplies the fed. government gave were used in one hospital shift. Maybe if she added any sort of help or stimulus at all, this wouldn't be the case. But no, Whitmer is doing nothing besides boring schoolchildren and enforcing (basically) martial lae in hopes of the dissipation of the virus, completely ignoring the big cities pleas and plight. This is not a federal issue.

It is on the travel and trade aspects

BuT iTs ThE SuRvIVaL oF tHe FiTtEsT

Selfishness is not survival of the fittest because humans are tribal species. You hoard like this away from the clan, your ass is surviving on the savanna by yourself.

It's called "sarcasm", dear

[Byrdeland]

Shoutout to all the single moms who continue to order Chinese clothes of wish.com.

In all seriousness, I am from Michigan, the fourth highest state in terms of Coronavirus cases, higher than California even.

Let me just try to explain the situation from a Michigander perspective. Once populated towns are now ghost towns, considering schools are shut down for the year, resturants are closed, sports are closed, public gatherings are closed, parks are closed. etc. Detroit has basically been gated off. Gov. Whitmer blames Donald Trump for not doing something about it in a nice spam email sent to everyone in the state.

This should not be the federal governments complete responsibility. Governors should be able to do their job and provide medical supplies and funding in these sorts of times. She made a statement saying all the supplies the fed. government gave were used in one hospital shift. Maybe if she added any sort of help or stimulus at all, this wouldn't be the case. But no, Whitmer is doing nothing besides boring schoolchildren and enforcing (basically) martial lae in hopes of the dissipation of the virus, completely ignoring the big cities pleas and plight. This is not a federal issue.

It is on the travel and trade aspects

Travel and trade sn't affecting the domestic situation. Besides, travel was handled efficiently in my opinion, and trade and the stocks are naturally taking a huge dip, as they are in all nations.

[Farnhamia]

I'm not asking Kyru, you ask him.

Desperate times farn, sometimes you got to step up and just take one for the team.

I draw the line at quizzing Overgoats.

[Nanatsu no Tsuki]

Absolutely. We all have to do our part, immune or not. I’m just curious about the veracity of the study I linked to in terms of how far or close we are to herd immunity.

It really seems consistent with a lot of the things I've noted in the thread in the past, especially an analysis of the ILI data and some anecdotal experiences I noted in my own life. Just saw an article that notes this virus was circulating in New York in January - I think we actually have massive spread and herd immunity at this point.

I need to see the updated CDC ILI data for this week to confirm my hypothesis.

I just read CA is doing a similar study: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.ksbw.c ... 9/32073873

[LimaUniformNovemberAlpha]

It is on the travel and trade aspects

Travel and trade sn't affecting the domestic situation. Besides, travel was handled efficiently in my opinion, and trade and the stocks are naturally taking a huge dip, as they are in all nations.

If the world weren't so economically dependent on China, they could have banned all travel from there the instant word of a new SARS-like disease got out and they could have stopped this problem before it even started.