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Mar 16, 2020
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CougarTailDevourer
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CougarTailDevourer
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CougarTailDevourer
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CougarTailDevourer
3/16/20 3:29pm
100's of millions?
TerribleOpinionsGuy
3/16/20 3:30pm
There are lots of terrible opinions that you'll see here
coolcats
3/16/20 3:31pm
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CougarTailDevourer
3/16/20 3:36pm
so, let's see here ... we've now equated flu with spanish flu, doubled the # of
Checks Out
3/16/20 3:39pm
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CougarTailDevourer
3/16/20 3:55pm
ok, thanks so much for helping me with my google fingers ... I finally figured
Checks Out
3/16/20 3:57pm
Boardname doesn’t check out
puntersarepeople
3/16/20 8:08pm
or possibly you don't get jokes / sarcasm
Checks Out
3/17/20 9:33am
Did you change it just for this thread?
puntersarepeople
3/18/20 11:42am
Uhhh, Spanish Flu killed 20 to 50 million according to my Google machine
GangstaLean
3/16/20 7:32pm
Has a disease infected everyone in the world? Ever?
fattycoug
3/16/20 4:46pm
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CougarTailDevourer
3/16/20 5:08pm
you didn't first present it as a thought experiment
fattycoug
3/16/20 5:11pm
But his numbers do almost match some of the projections
dratax
3/16/20 5:35pm
His numbers say that everyone in the world will get it and 3% will die?
fattycoug
3/16/20 5:43pm
That is what I get from reading too fast
dratax
3/16/20 7:11pm
3% is not the true fatality rate. Think of the damage that economy takes
Duke Silver
3/16/20 3:33pm
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CougarTailDevourer
3/16/20 3:39pm
Not that I agree with all of the extremes, but who do you
ALC
3/16/20 6:50pm
Spanish Flu had 50 million deaths when population was 1/3 of current (1.8 B)
Pistol Shrimp
3/16/20 3:36pm
lol
johnnycarson
3/16/20 3:36pm
Wow, just wow. smh
Checks Out
3/16/20 3:37pm
Risk vs reward
gurt
3/16/20 3:37pm
Um... I mean, are you doing ok?
Coug
3/16/20 3:38pm
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CougarTailDevourer
3/16/20 3:43pm
I do 🙋🏻♂️😁❗️
gurt
3/16/20 3:45pm
I haven’t seen any of them talk about every person on earth
The Dude Abides
3/16/20 3:47pm
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CougarTailDevourer
3/16/20 3:48pm
In 1918.
The Dude Abides
3/16/20 3:49pm
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CougarTailDevourer
3/16/20 3:53pm
you can keep saying it killed 100 million as often as you want, but it won't
Checks Out
3/16/20 3:53pm
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CougarTailDevourer
3/16/20 3:57pm
oh, so you didn't really want to use a real estimate or google anything
Checks Out
3/16/20 4:01pm
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CougarTailDevourer
3/16/20 4:04pm
The WHO, really?
kbufcoug
3/16/20 5:47pm
Liberal crowd didn’t like it when I said this
puntersarepeople
3/16/20 8:14pm
Ok, why didn’t we have this craziness during the pandemic (swine flu)
Chazz Reinhold
3/16/20 10:10pm
Not quite accurate. We reacted much faster with H1N1...
So it goes...
3/16/20 10:20pm
The reaction is world wide. Indicating to me that it is not politics
dratax
3/18/20 12:28pm
3% is a fallacy. The actual cases are severely underreported
BIG XII Coug
3/16/20 3:38pm
Go back to eating Cougar Tails
Cougar TD
3/16/20 3:38pm
RE: Would you call saving 234,000,000 lives an overreaction?
TerribleOpinionsGuy
3/16/20 3:39pm
Virtue signaling at its finest.
Benfica1
3/16/20 3:40pm
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CougarTailDevourer
3/16/20 3:52pm
Link to the epidemiologists who said 234 million deaths?
The Dude Abides
3/16/20 3:53pm
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CougarTailDevourer
3/16/20 4:02pm
75 million people aren’t going to die and wouldn’t die even if 1/3
The Dude Abides
3/16/20 4:16pm
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CougarTailDevourer
3/16/20 4:20pm
Yes, but you incorrectly equate an alternative plan with doing nothing
cruoti
3/16/20 4:47pm
Youd did a poor job. you don't convince people that it's not an overreaction by
fattycoug
3/16/20 4:51pm
if it would never be the case the why are you offended when people call you out
fattycoug
3/16/20 4:49pm
Right. It’s like asking “If sharks grew legs and walked
The Dude Abides
3/16/20 4:53pm
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CougarTailDevourer
3/16/20 5:16pm
1) no one is saying "do nothing". They just are worrying about what is done
fattycoug
3/16/20 5:48pm
You’re making up your own numbers not providing numbers from epidemiologists
mobius
3/16/20 4:18pm
You’re not listening either, Mr. Medical. Worst case scenario is in the 10s
Refugee
3/16/20 6:54pm
Flattening the curve does not remove the curve
Styro
3/16/20 3:40pm
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CougarTailDevourer
3/16/20 3:44pm
Italy's is still bad but WAY inflated. Every expert agrees. And that's even with
CSoul
3/16/20 3:46pm
Oh, and SK is inflated too. I would guess we end at a true death rate of less
CSoul
3/16/20 3:47pm
what?!? Uhhh, if we slow the spread, it does save lives. Why do people say
Checks Out
3/16/20 3:55pm
He didn't say it wouldn't save lives. He said that it wouldn't save $234mm lives. That's the assertion the OP laughably
Pimpin4Paradise
3/16/20 3:57pm
I'm fairly certain he actually did say that and then edited
Checks Out
3/16/20 3:59pm
The only person who edited his post is you — as it shows when you look at someone's post.
SierraCoug
3/16/20 4:13pm
awesome ... I edited mine from a header only to put in details
Checks Out
3/16/20 4:20pm
I'm glad you changed your boardname. This definitely fits you better.
Pimpin4Paradise
3/16/20 3:43pm
Do they really know that it is more contagious than the flu? It might be, but
Zinger
3/16/20 4:13pm
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CougarTailDevourer
3/16/20 4:22pm
At this point everyone is guessing. The R0 has come down significantly in the
Zinger
3/16/20 4:43pm
Part of the issue is that most (if not all) CBers don't know anyone who's been
Machiavelli
3/16/20 4:14pm
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CougarTailDevourer
3/16/20 4:25pm
I hope I'm one of the 60,000
kbufcoug
3/16/20 6:04pm
Well, I probably know people who have been infected and aren't aware yet
Northwest Cougar
3/16/20 4:40pm
Again - it's not a real threat until people in your circle start to get sick
Machiavelli
3/16/20 4:56pm
Yes, but for 235M I think it would be appropriate
kiyoshige
3/16/20 4:23pm
I mean, China has had over 3000 deaths, so your numbers sounds right to me.
OPINIONS
3/16/20 4:49pm
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CougarTailDevourer
3/16/20 5:18pm
So thousands of people were infected without access to hospital beds...
Byron McNertney
3/16/20 5:21pm
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CougarTailDevourer
3/16/20 5:32pm
The problem with these calculations
lilpenny
3/16/20 5:25pm
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CougarTailDevourer
3/16/20 5:33pm
Say What?
kbufcoug
3/16/20 6:09pm
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CougarTailDevourer
3/16/20 6:43pm
Then there's the rest of us who think this is all an overreaction...by everyone.
TrueBlue67
3/16/20 8:47pm
eat another cougar tail and chill bro.
Str8CashCougar
3/16/20 8:54pm
No. Bad opinion.
CocaColaRecovery
3/17/20 8:06am
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