Poll on Lock downs
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Platonic_Caveman — 5 years ago(October 19, 2020 05:17 AM)
Sorry to disappoint you, Miss Anthropist, but a 1% or so death rate among a minority of the population which even acquires the virus is not gonna cull the population any more than a bad flu. Try something else. You guys pinned your hopes on HIV and that didn't work either.
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GaryGrant — 5 years ago(October 21, 2020 02:02 PM)
Which minority portion of the population do you speak of? Regardless, Covid 19 has a US mortality rate of 3%. Also, a "bad flu" has a mortality rate of 0.1%, not 1%. At 3% Covid is 30 times more deadly than the flu. But maybe I'll understand Your point better if you explain the minority group aspect.
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Platonic_Caveman — 5 years ago(October 22, 2020 02:03 AM)
Only about 8 million Americans have acquired the virus. There are over 300 million people in the U.S. That 8 million is small minority. In 1918 at least 50 million died from a Spanish flu epidemic.
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GaryGrant — 5 years ago(October 22, 2020 04:53 PM)
Yes I see. 8 million is indeed a small fraction. Of course 8 million is also not the end of the tunnel.
No matter. I agree that at a mortality rate if 3-5% is not going to cull the world population. I would imagine 30% is where that discussion would be relevant. -
GaryGrant — 5 years ago(October 19, 2020 03:31 AM)
Is it really a personal issue though?
It would appear to be a national health crisis and would therefore deserve a national response.
Either way, I'm pretty sure the ship has left the port on this topic. I would imagine we are in the
"every man for himself" mode at this point. So much for The
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MovieManCin2 — 5 years ago(October 19, 2020 04:29 AM)
It has
had
a national response, La'Kisha. And this country hasn't been united since 2008, and it's the fault of the Left.
Btw, Pelosi is bat **** crazy, and an evil person.
MAGA! FAFO!
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GaryGrant — 5 years ago(October 19, 2020 04:46 AM)
It has had a national response
Well, only if you count nothing as something. The US never implemented a national lockdown, and even when states did impose strict measures, the Federal Government was quick to undermine those strategies with both rhetoric and action, and then the nutballs started showing up at Capitol buildings with assault rifles.
To say or imply that we as a nation tried a lockdown in earnest and failed is simply not true. Some reasonable citizens tried to follow the guidelines, but the petulant children got their way in the end. Now I get to listen to a bunch of bullshit about a second lockdown when we're lucky if we achieved half a lockdown to begin with. -
MovieManCin2 — 5 years ago(October 19, 2020 04:51 AM)
I didn't say it was a national
lock down,
I said it was a national
response.
And I'm not sure that lock downs are the best idea, or whether a national one would even be legal, Billy Bob.
MAGA! FAFO! Schrodinger's Cat walks into a bar, and doesn't. Dumbocraps: evil people who celebrate murder.
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