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Mar 16, 2020
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fattycoug
Intervention Needed
Youd did a poor job. you don't convince people that it's not an overreaction by
making up impossible numbers. Now they just think you are crazy AND STILL think it's an overreaction.
Why would you think that would work?
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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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