Covid-19 So, How Long is this going to last??? (Page 2): :sm16: :sm16: :sm16:...

phlash46 Loc: Westchester County, New York

Architect1776 wrote:

Until all Americans sit serves tand up and join the citizens of Michigan and say enough is enough.
90% of the country is minimally affected if at all.
Especially the mid-west and rocky mountain west have huge areas that already practice social distancing every day anyway.

rehess Loc: South Bend, Indiana, USA

Architect1776 wrote:

Until all Americans stand up and join the citizens of Michigan and say enough is enough.
90% of the country is minimally affected if at all.
Especially the mid-west and rocky mountain west have huge areas that already practice social distancing every day anyway.

Like Smithfield in South Dakota???

OlinBost Loc: Marietta, Ga.

whfowle wrote:

Quote from Wired report: "Factoring in what’s... (show quote)

From one of the reports that I have read it seems that the virus did originate in a lab that was being paid by a US group. I suspect the CIA. And it got out of hand. The Chinese also has lied about the numbers, probably 50 to 60 K have died. The end is not hear.

repleo Loc: Boston

rehess wrote:

Apparently they expect to use First Responders as a "large scale test" this fall, which could "kill two birds with one stone" if everything works out.

Bad choice of metaphor. If the test kills the First Responders, the rest of us will be the second bird !

repleo Loc: Boston

Architect1776 wrote:

Until all Americans stand up and join the citizens of Michigan and say enough is enough.
90% of the country is minimally affected if at all.
Especially the mid-west and rocky mountain west have huge areas that already practice social distancing every day anyway.

So maybe the other 300 million plus Americans should swarm into the mid-west and Rockies for safety. Plenty of room for everybody out there.

rehess Loc: South Bend, Indiana, USA

repleo wrote:

Bad choice of metaphor. If the test kills the First Responders, the rest of us will be the second bird !

The testing that precedes this is supposed to prove safety. I trust them to do it right,
This is one reason a vaccine "takes so long" to develop.

nadelewitz Loc: Ithaca NY

Paul Diamond wrote:

Dribs and dabs of info don't give a 'full picture'... (show quote)

Do you know someone with a crystal ball to see into the future?

The current pandemic is a few months old. The Spanish Flu pandemic of 1918 lasted three years.

So what do you want to know?

Toby

cameranut wrote:

No mere mortal knows the answer to that, but I have a feeling there will be no end to this as long as there are any people left to spread it. This is the "new normal."

I find it interesting that in Ohio and Michigan and probably other states people are protesting (in some cases damn near rioting) about the shut down. Most not wearing masks and standing next to each other. If they had any brains they would try to follow the Medical suggestions and the shut down would be shorter.

Paul Diamond Loc: Atlanta, GA, USA

Here's the article about how China, HK, Singapore, Taiwan decided the 'peak' was over and opened up their society too soon to a re-emergence of Covid-19. Taiwanese left safety to take a vacation in Europe, bringing home more of Covid??? Business travelers bringing in fresh outbreaks?

https://www.wired.com/story/the-asian-countries-that-beat-covid-19-have-to-do-it-again/

Let's all be careful. And continue to be cautious. How can we live our lives, stay safer, be cautious, not let our guard down - for the sake of ourselves and everyone else. The USA is One Boat. We are all travelers and participants in helping ourselves, our families and everyone else, if we are concerned about all of us. Please participate in any way you can.

Alafoto Loc: Montgomery, AL

aikiboy wrote:

I never know what to say when people say that, but you're welcome. As a psychiatric counselor, I would not have imagined a need for my services under these circumstances, but there it is. A pandemic is something which has been a possibility for a long time but, even so, we really could not have imagined the reality. Fortunately, Maryland doesn't appear to be on the same trajectory as New York City, but we are still on the way up, so we'll see.

Thank you for seeing it through.

fetzler Loc: North West PA

Architect1776 wrote:

Until all Americans stand up and join the citizens of Michigan and say enough is enough.
90% of the country is minimally affected if at all.
Especially the mid-west and rocky mountain west have huge areas that already practice social distancing every day anyway.

The hysteria needs to stop and reason needs to begin.

So far about 137,000 people (0.002%) of humanity has died from COVID-19. Each year 12,000 -61,000 people die from the flu each year in the US alone. 17 million die from infectious disease and 60 million die from all causes each year. Every day you run the risk of dying of something. You may fall in the tub, be hit by a car. etc. Many of the other causes are, indeed, more likely than dying of COVID-19. There are also many folks that have been infected that do not know that they were infected as they had no symptoms. Is a disease with no symptoms a disease?

No country can survive with millions of people who are deprived by the government of a means of making a living. Depriving folks of making a living is a type of slavery. I assure that millions of homeless drifters will not be social distancing and may even kill you for your property. We will have to return to full employment and folks will need to take some risks. $1200 checks are not going to cut it.

As someone who has read and lived history, I assure you come winter if folks are cold and hungry there will be revolution and it won't be pleasant. I personally saw the revolution in Romania in 1989 - the folks were cold and hungry and finally uncontrollably angry. The Romanians were very nice to me at that time, however.

The Governor of Michigan, for instance, made a lot of rules that reasonably irritate the folks and no they are already getting mad. Fortunately, other Governors have been somewhat more wise.

rehess Loc: South Bend, Indiana, USA

Paul Diamond wrote:

Here's the article about how China, HK, Singapore,... (show quote)

Apparently some scientists now believe that the most infectious stage of this virus appears before any symptoms show - which means we need to be very careful on how we plan things.

dennis2146 Loc: Eastern Idaho

Paul Diamond wrote:

Dribs and dabs of info don't give a 'full picture'... (show quote)

It sounds as if you are just starting to realize we don't know what we don't know. Yes this is our first time with this virus. Seriously what did you expect. Under the circumstances America and the world are doing pretty well. The death toll is pretty low compared to the number of those who have the virus.

Dennis

dennis2146 Loc: Eastern Idaho

aikiboy wrote:

The theory that this is a bio weapon came from Dan... (show quote)

If you click on Quote Reply before answering we will all know who you are replying to. It helps a lot to keep the thread straight.

Dennis

dennis2146 Loc: Eastern Idaho

Architect1776 wrote:

Until all Americans stand up and join the citizens of Michigan and say enough is enough.
90% of the country is minimally affected if at all.
Especially the mid-west and rocky mountain west have huge areas that already practice social distancing every day anyway.

Dennis