So, you believe there's a limit on acceptable death rate per a given activity.

Mar 28, 2020
3:49:06pm

mbs6 Contributor

We can agree on that.

In your judgment, closing the worldwide economy for some period of time to save an unknown number of CV deaths is a good trade, but stopping human transportation to save a guaranteed 1,350,0000 deaths per year is not.

I find that strangely biased toward hypothetical CV deaths.

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I believe the experts on this, and if you do also, we should stop the panic

Busiturtle

3/28/20 8:10am

Thanks, I was hoping to finally hear your opinion, you've barely posted RE this.

vagabonder

3/28/20 8:11am

You and Biff should just hash this out over BM.

Ozymandias

3/28/20 8:13am

Or a cage fight!

Nuke

3/28/20 8:46am

I think you need to take a break from CB.

eddog

3/28/20 8:14am

As per the usual, you are wrong.

Ikuna

3/28/20 8:16am

Your last paragraph is a bit over the top

oohYeah

3/28/20 8:24am

Yeah, you have a problem with Joseph Smith?

ochobeeguy

3/28/20 9:26am

Joseph Smith? What the?.....what does that mean? SMH...

BleedCougarBlue2

3/28/20 12:58pm

He said he agreed with the last paragraph which is a quote from Joseph Smith.

ochobeeguy

3/28/20 2:04pm

The Joseph Smith quote is in Busiturtle's "signature" that appears at the bottom

oohYeah

3/28/20 3:14pm

Yeah, the last paragraph signature thing.

ochobeeguy

3/30/20 3:33pm

You must not believe people will suffer miserably and even die with the collapse

delinquentcoug

3/28/20 8:30am

By the thousands, if not tens of thousands ... no I do not.

Ikuna

3/28/20 8:38am

Suicide rate will increase. You ok with an increase in child and spousal abuse?

delinquentcoug

3/28/20 8:42am

There’s a lot of downsides to minimizing this.

Ikuna

3/28/20 8:52am

Huge down side to over reaction.

delinquentcoug

3/28/20 8:54am

The way you chose to frame the argument is incredibly short sighted.

delinquentcoug

3/28/20 9:00am

Ikuna

3/28/20 9:12am

You are in a tiny minority, fyi

Plato

3/28/20 9:07am

Are you also bullish on ending human transportation?

mbs6

3/28/20 10:27am

Let’s skip stupid hypotheticals. What exactly are you suggesting?

Ikuna

3/28/20 10:30am

What's stupid or hypothetical about transportation deaths?

mbs6

3/28/20 10:41am

The stupid hypothetical is ending human transportation.

Ikuna

3/28/20 12:03pm

So, you believe there's a limit on acceptable death rate per a given activity.

mbs6

3/28/20 3:49pm

Pandemics aren’t hypothetical. We’ve seen them before. Many times.

Ikuna

3/29/20 9:53am

Google the cobra effect.

delinquentcoug

3/28/20 11:18am

I’ll do it for you.

delinquentcoug

3/28/20 11:25am

But you're ok with "thousands" of kids being beaten by abusive parents. Got it.

BleedCougarBlue2

3/28/20 1:01pm

What if the alternative is 10s of thousands of deaths from other illnesses?

Mises

3/28/20 9:14am

Sounds like another great reason to NOT overrun our health care system.

Ikuna

3/28/20 10:28am

RE: Sounds like another great reason to NOT overrun our health care system.

Mises

3/28/20 10:53am

You do understand in a recession or depression many can’t afford to

delinquentcoug

3/28/20 11:29am

A study attributed 10,000 suicides directly to the last recession.

EtTuKalante

3/28/20 11:34am

What's your plan to stop the other thousands and thousands

mbs6

3/28/20 10:13am

When possible, NOT directly be a part of what causes them.

Ikuna

3/28/20 10:31am

The problem is that young people suffer and a few die from this

Blue Ghost

3/28/20 8:26am

Death is a natural result of life

Backcountry

3/28/20 8:28am

The disease is miserable, I don’t think young people are lining up to get it.

Blue Ghost

3/28/20 8:31am

RE: The disease is miserable, I don’t think young people are lining up to

Blue Print

3/28/20 8:38am

Check mate

Plato

3/28/20 8:41am

Ouch man. Ouch. That stung...

Blue Ghost

3/28/20 9:36am

This. We focus so much on death, but I'm interested re: permanently affected

runnincoug

3/28/20 10:04am

At some point if this goes on long enough this OP will be the majority. I

SouthernBlueBlood

3/28/20 8:54am

He already is

Plato

3/28/20 9:02am

Sure no question. What isn’t true is that if life goes back to normal we would just lose a few old people.

CDV

3/28/20 9:02am

It will take a long time and certain things may never be as they were.

SouthernBlueBlood

3/28/20 9:20am

I certainly hope SLC doesn’t come close to Italy.

SouthernBlueBlood

3/28/20 9:20am

Maybe Busiturtle has a point that the machinery of capitalism is oiled by the

DapperDan

3/28/20 9:17am

Um. Victims of socialism everywhere have something to say about that. Over 100

Misteak

3/28/20 9:28am

Agreed

BYU '80

3/28/20 9:36am

Maybe your point is absurd.

delinquentcoug

3/28/20 9:29am

Considerably more blood has been spilt

bigjohn

3/28/20 9:43am

What kind of justification is that?

U2wearblue

3/28/20 12:14pm

It bums me out that some Americand have this perspective

Backcountry

3/28/20 10:02am

You have that backwards, the machinery and power of the elite is oiled by the

coolblue

3/28/20 12:28pm

RE: Maybe Busiturtle has a point that the machinery of capitalism is oiled by the

HighHorse

3/28/20 3:31pm

But what about those three stories of healthy people being hospitalized

BYU '80

3/28/20 9:33am

Your comments sounded insensitive at first glance

bigjohn

3/28/20 9:57am

Busiturtle you're right. You're not going to convince some CB posters I normally

gingi

3/28/20 10:47am

Thank you. We are in the midst of the greatest hysteria since Salem Witch Trials

Busiturtle

3/28/20 10:54am

You are clueless! You think the economy is in bad shape now it’ll be way worse

U2wearblue

3/28/20 12:06pm

Tell us, what percent of infected healthy people require ANY medical care?

Busiturtle

3/28/20 12:23pm

So your point is I’m healthy wash my hands & screw everyone else with asthma or

U2wearblue

3/28/20 12:32pm

You are defining a tyrannical standard

Busiturtle

3/28/20 1:26pm

You are contradicting yourself now. Are you the only person doesn’t know there

U2wearblue

3/28/20 3:31pm

70% of the population? Sensationalize much?

BleedCougarBlue2

3/28/20 1:13pm

No not at all very capable of happening

U2wearblue

3/28/20 3:06pm

Seriously. The extremist shutdown crowd is questioning the humanity

mbs6

3/28/20 10:56am

I left off the lady around the corner with a hurt foot and had heart

gingi

3/28/20 2:38pm

Okay, please remember like most of our leadership is in the high risk factor...

EternalOptimism

3/28/20 12:57pm

Old people generally have more money, are retired, and therefore have much less

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