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Mar 29, 2020
11:28:22am

boogers Intervention Needed

You are addressing a comparison between doing nothing and current measures.

Still doesn't address other rational options.

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boogers

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If the current death rate for people under 60 was the death rate for ALL age

boogers

3/29/20 11:00am

The hospitalization rate matters just as much, if not more, in terms of the

chilango

3/29/20 11:06am

Sure. Until I see the age related numbers of hospitalization cases demonstrating

boogers

3/29/20 11:09am

Like this? Half the coronavirus ICU patients in France are under 60.

chilango

3/29/20 11:12am

Thanks, I will look at that. I'm going to need more data on how many of

boogers

3/29/20 11:15am

Death rates are definitely much higher for the elderly. But ICU capacity and a

chilango

3/29/20 11:18am

This could and should be managed without a total economic shut down.

boogers

3/29/20 11:29am

The numbers that will eventually come out are *because* of the measures we take.

ReyOso

3/29/20 11:24am

Or this: ~40% of the hospitalized in the US are between 20 and 54

chilango

3/29/20 11:15am

79.5% of deaths >65. 29% admitted were 20-44. 18% were 45-54 and 18% were

boogers

3/29/20 11:24am

I addressed this in my post above. I am not disputing that death rates are much

chilango

3/29/20 11:26am

You are addressing a comparison between doing nothing and current measures.

boogers

3/29/20 11:28am

A fair point, although you should drop the part that sounds like dismissal.

ReyOso

3/29/20 11:33am

I have seen very few posts "dismissing" covid 19. I have seen MANY post posing

boogers

3/29/20 12:00pm

Every cough matters

ABCoug

3/29/20 11:08am

It would be mass hysteria if kids were dying from this.

cougfanz

3/29/20 11:10am

true.

boogers

3/29/20 11:16am

Yep ... it’s all a PC scam

coolcats

3/29/20 11:10am

You know that's not the point I am making. Give me data to indicate

boogers

3/29/20 11:12am

RE: You know that's not the point I am making. Give me data to indicate

coolcats

3/29/20 11:16am

Bad take. Fatality rates are 1.9% 50-59, 0.7% 40-49, and 0.3% 30-39.

ReyOso

3/29/20 11:11am

If we do nothing. That would be horrible. Disingenuous to imply my post

boogers

3/29/20 11:26am

"Unfortunately, we are so held hostage to social justice warrior garbage PC"

ReyOso

3/29/20 11:34am

It is possible to feel like we are being held hostage

zerigke

3/29/20 11:57am

It's not a scam, it's almost willful blindness. Scam implies premeditiation.

boogers

3/29/20 11:57am

I agree about willful blindness, just perhaps not in the way you're implying.

ReyOso

3/29/20 12:57pm

This is borderline comical.The blindness is coming from the position that states

boogers

3/29/20 1:33pm

I agree. The narrative that people are trying to create as I mentioned above

zerigke

3/29/20 1:49pm

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rivercitycoug

3/29/20 11:11am

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