Liberal crowd didn’t like it when I said this

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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.

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