Covid-19 - for anyone who thinks this isn't serious
Jun 7, 2020 14:16:11 #
tomad wrote:
I'm sure the survivors plus the friends and families of those killed would strongly disagree...
Jun 7, 2020 14:17:34 #
robertjerl wrote:
Oh, Colorado went over their numbers and lowered i... (show quote)
Largely true, but, lots of people are dying of it who are never tested.
Jun 7, 2020 14:26:30 #
Fotoartist wrote:
Relatively tame wars unless you go back one more war and add WWII.
You must be joking? My family and most of its sons have all fought in the above mentioned wars. Some did not make it back. I was lucky, just some hearing loss from explosives and gunfire. One thing is sure, none of those wars were “Tame”.
Jun 7, 2020 14:50:23 #
phlash46 wrote:
Largely true, but, lots of people are dying of it who are never tested.
And even more people had mild or no symptoms and didn't get tested. We don't know how many people have had it. And the US has tested more people than any other nation - but what gets reported is the low % of the population who are tested compared to smaller nations. But more tests are being developed, and more test kits distributed and the numbers of those are a near miracle considering they didn't even know they needed a test for Covid-19 until a few months ago.
A long winded and convoluted site but a lot of information on testing https://ourworldindata.org/coronavirus-testing
Jun 7, 2020 14:58:57 #
IDguy
Loc: Idaho
tomad wrote:
True, but in a year that pandemic only killed 12,469 Americans; Covid-19 has taken nearly 9 times that many in just 3 months.
CDC data: “ The 1918 influenza pandemic was the most severe pandemic in recent history. It was caused by an H1N1 virus with genes of avian origin. Although there is not universal consensus regarding where the virus originated, it spread worldwide during 1918-1919. In the United States, it was first identified in military personnel in spring 1918. It is estimated that about 500 million people or one-third of the world’s population became infected with this virus. The number of deaths was estimated to be at least 50 million worldwide with about 675,000 occurring in the United States.”
And it ain’t over till the fat lady gets her vaccine.
Jun 7, 2020 15:14:15 #
Fotoartist wrote:
Relatively tame wars unless you go back one more war and add WWII.
That is a terrible thing to say. Something is wrong with you to even think like that.
Jun 7, 2020 17:45:24 #
Kmgw9v wrote:
That is a terrible thing to say. Something is wrong with you to even think like that.
Jun 7, 2020 18:30:58 #
Fotoartist wrote:
Relatively tame wars unless you go back one more war and add WWII.
72 million people died in WW2,,,,,,I read...........I was a child.
Jun 7, 2020 19:59:05 #
While I am definitely not saying that this virus is bioterrorism it is proof though that bioterrorism as a war tool could be a possibility and an effective one at that . Also so could technical computer disruption terrorism . Many examples of computer hacking shutting down organizations & systems . There is no need for old fashioned war with combat troops, guns, knives, bombs, boats, tanks, planes, blood & guts, etc. Thats primitive old hat & outdated . I say do away with the military . Waste of money that could be used elsewhere . Of course would never happen as war machine is big business and lots of folx make a fat living off it .
Jun 7, 2020 20:42:16 #
hoola wrote:
While I am definitely not saying that this virus i... (show quote)
And even a small mousey army would effective if the US had nothing to oppose it.
Jun 7, 2020 21:02:51 #
Of course we should maintain a small military for defensive reasons . However my point is that full scale person to person war in this new age will be unnecessary & obsolete .
Jun 7, 2020 21:40:05 #
hoola wrote:
Of course we should maintain a small military for defensive reasons . However my point is that full scale person to person war in this new age will be unnecessary & obsolete .
OK, you set at your computer and throw hacks and viruses at them as a bunch of guys with automatic rifles come through the door.
Hint your firewall, anti-virus and anti-malware will not stop them.
Jun 7, 2020 21:56:41 #
hoola wrote:
Of course we should maintain a small military for defensive reasons . However my point is that full scale person to person war in this new age will be unnecessary & obsolete .
Non-military means have proven ineffective in opposing regimes in places such as North Korea, Venezuela, and Cuba, but you would trust “a small military” to stop Russia or China or a modern-day Hilter?? I’m not convinced that a foreign leader would be unwilling to endure a trip back in time if the benefit would replacing the US in world influence.
Jun 8, 2020 05:48:05 #
phlash46 wrote:
There is no such thing as a tame war; you'd know that if you'd been in one.
Obviously even a single death is dreadful. But he did use the word "relatively" and I think the analogy was in reference to numbers in general overall, not to make light of any particular field of conflict V another.
Jun 8, 2020 06:22:23 #
Fotoartist wrote:
Relatively tame wars unless you go back one more war and add WWII.
THEIR IS NO SUCH A "THING" AS A "RELATIVELY" TAME WAR.
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