Just how contagious is COVID-19
Jun 13, 2020 20:07:31 #
Starman441
Loc: Iguana Land, Fl.
rehess wrote:
The US isn't dead broke.
Our wealth is not in oil - which has little value right now.
Our wealth is not in gold - although we still have some in our vaults {were some other countries have US dollars}
Our wealth does not come from what our people produce
Our wealth is in our people themselves - and we are going to save as many of them as we are able.
Our wealth is not in oil - which has little value right now.
Our wealth is not in gold - although we still have some in our vaults {were some other countries have US dollars}
Our wealth does not come from what our people produce
Our wealth is in our people themselves - and we are going to save as many of them as we are able.
Jun 13, 2020 20:08:58 #
Starman441
Loc: Iguana Land, Fl.
Retired CPO wrote:
So you want to get a wake up call when you wake up DEAD broke? And the country is DEAD broke. Guess what, a country that is DEAD broke isn't a country.
Jun 14, 2020 11:51:59 #
I am not an expert on fiscal matters so my opinion may be naive: my understanding is that a person or a country is not "broke" if he, she or it has available credit. The United States still has a lot of credit available, hence it ain't broke!
Jul 14, 2020 03:38:43 #
Paul Diamond
Loc: Atlanta, GA, USA
At the end of WWII, the USA was spending 100% of the GDP in our defense against Japan/Germany. And, the U.K. was spending 270% of their GDP. We survived to get "on the other side" of the problem. And we can do it again!
Jul 14, 2020 22:14:15 #
Bill_de wrote:
Since there has been relatively little testing for covid-19 and no existing statistics to fall back on, how do they come up with a figure like 2% mortality rate? There could be millions of people that were infected and got over it without any medical intervention. Wouldn't that drastically reduce the mortality percentage?
I'm not saying there isn't a big problem and we should all do what we have to to stay safe. I just wonder how all the facts are determined.
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I'm not saying there isn't a big problem and we should all do what we have to to stay safe. I just wonder how all the facts are determined.
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They just make up the facts as they go along. When nobody believes it anymore they make up new facts.
Jul 14, 2020 22:21:56 #
TriX wrote:
I certainly hope that is the case. However, I woul... (show quote)
And there may never be a vaccine or cure as per the wonder dr Fauci. What then do we hide under our bed forever?
Jul 14, 2020 22:31:29 #
usken65 wrote:
And there may never be a vaccine or cure as per the wonder dr Fauci. What then do we hide under our bed forever?
he says this tonight, as positive peer-reviewed news is published about a vaccine. Again quoting Dr. Fauci, who has had more experience than either of us, there is a definite possibility of a useful vaccine within the next year or so. Regardless of what we do in the next year, cautious behavior makes sense, more sense than getting yourself killed does.
Jul 14, 2020 22:32:05 #
Paul Diamond wrote:
No argument, especially when arguments don't lead ... (show quote)
And that right there is the reason doctors and nurses don’t have enough protective equipment everyone has to have a mask and gloves.
Jul 14, 2020 22:35:04 #
usken65 wrote:
And that right there is the reason doctors and nurses don’t have enough protective equipment everyone has to have a mask and gloves.
If the President had ordered more companies to make more gear, we would have plenty of it by now. Mine was made by my sister, and has zero effect on that available to medical workers; sitting in the parking lot while my wife shops, I see lots of home-made gear that also would never make it to the market for 'professionals'.
In Indiana, the ruby red Governor has worked with local companies to make protective gear available, and has them listed on a web-site so that local agencies {such as schools} will know who to contact.
Jul 14, 2020 22:36:26 #
usken65 wrote:
They just make up the facts as they go along. When nobody believes it anymore they make up new facts.
That is the nature of real science - we learn more facts, and refine others, as we go along.
Jul 14, 2020 22:51:27 #
Madchemist wrote:
H1N1 had ~12,000 deaths.
COVID-19 40,000+ and growing.
COVID-19 40,000+ and growing.
How do you know nobody cared or counted the dead from h1n1 because it happened on obummers watch.
Jul 14, 2020 22:56:29 #
usken65 wrote:
How do you know nobody cared or counted the dead from h1n1 because it happened on obummers watch.
Government bureaucrats do care and do count no matter who the President is.
By now, the comparison has H1N1 'lagging' by a factor of more than ten despite only Covid-19's causing shutdowns.
Jul 16, 2020 13:17:15 #
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