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The price on this Economy IS NOT WORTH it @ this death rate- Sorry
Posted on 3/20/20 at 5:25 pm
Posted on 3/20/20 at 5:25 pm
I guess after seeing the economic impact on this grand of a level I can now say that I can put a price on a human life.
This is insane.
I’m sorry and i feel terrible that people will succumb to this, but I just can’t fathom shutting down this economy on this level for this rate of death.
We lose 20,0000 - 30,000 a year to influenza
Lord knows how many a year from gun violence
A shite ton from traffic accidents
Etc.
You take precautions. You help as many as you can, but you don’t crater the financial well being of the other 329,900+ that will be left after this done.
$21.44 trillion dollar economy- shut down for 3 months that’s essentially $8 trillion.
$8 trillion for 60,000?
Nope nope nope
This is insane.
I’m sorry and i feel terrible that people will succumb to this, but I just can’t fathom shutting down this economy on this level for this rate of death.
We lose 20,0000 - 30,000 a year to influenza
Lord knows how many a year from gun violence
A shite ton from traffic accidents
Etc.
You take precautions. You help as many as you can, but you don’t crater the financial well being of the other 329,900+ that will be left after this done.
$21.44 trillion dollar economy- shut down for 3 months that’s essentially $8 trillion.
$8 trillion for 60,000?
Nope nope nope
This post was edited on 3/20/20 at 5:35 pm
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Posted on 3/20/20 at 5:27 pm to Covingtontiger77
Im not sure you understand. The issue is not the death rate WITH the mitigations. The issue is what will happen if we don't take these steps you are complaining about.
The number you need to look at is the percent of people who require intensive care to survive and recover. That number is astronomical. If the ICUs get overwhelmed you have Italy. Understand?
The number you need to look at is the percent of people who require intensive care to survive and recover. That number is astronomical. If the ICUs get overwhelmed you have Italy. Understand?
Posted on 3/20/20 at 5:27 pm to Covingtontiger77
“If it saves just one life” thinking taken to extremes.
We have nothing to fear but fear itself.
We have nothing to fear but fear itself.
Posted on 3/20/20 at 5:28 pm to Covingtontiger77
I really think the bubble was getting ready to pop anyway and the Chinese Virus is a cover to blame it on .
This post was edited on 3/20/20 at 5:29 pm
Posted on 3/20/20 at 5:28 pm to SickGainzLP
quote:
he number you need to look at is the percent of people who require intensive care to survive and recover. That number is astronomical. If the ICUs get overwhelmed you have Italy. Understand?
Those were in my 100,000- 200,000 worst case deaths.
Hell I would go as pretty high above that to say shut it ALL DOWN
Posted on 3/20/20 at 5:28 pm to Covingtontiger77
Agreed
Posted on 3/20/20 at 5:29 pm to Covingtontiger77
quote:
can now say that I can put a price on a human life.
The Hand Formula was hard to swallow for a lot of my law school classmates. I bought it pretty quickly. A thorn in the side of ambulance chasers. Essential for a free society.
Posted on 3/20/20 at 5:29 pm to SickGainzLP
Elderly and sickly should self isolate and we feed and support them and keep things going. Social distancing light and washing hands. This shut down is bull shite.
Posted on 3/20/20 at 5:30 pm to Covingtontiger77
It appears much like cutting off your leg because you have an ingrown toenail.
Posted on 3/20/20 at 5:31 pm to DamnGood86
this is a designed economic reset
Posted on 3/20/20 at 5:32 pm to Covingtontiger77
quote:
$8 trillion for 60,000?
you left out the loss in savings, Stocks, and jobs
but i get your point
Posted on 3/20/20 at 5:33 pm to SickGainzLP
I am not even sure if at even a death toll of 1,000,000 with 90%+ being elderly or pre-existing conditions those lives are worth the costs we are seeing. I am about as pro-life as one can be, but at what cost? We will likely see more people die from the resulting poverty than we will the disease itself if we don't turn this around and avoid a second great depression.
Posted on 3/20/20 at 5:33 pm to Covingtontiger77
This has a good deal that do with Russia and our good friends Saudi Arabia too. Don't think that doesn't have as big an impact on what you are seeing.
Posted on 3/20/20 at 5:33 pm to Covingtontiger77
quote:
$8 trillion for 60,000?
Not to mention those 60k have underlying conditions or are elderly and will be dead in 5 years anyway.
We used to exile our elderly. Now we spend excessive amounts of money keeping them alive unnecessarily.
Posted on 3/20/20 at 5:34 pm to SickGainzLP
quote:
If the ICUs get overwhelmed you have Italy. Understand?
am i a horrible person because i would MUCH rather have Italys situation than a crashed economy with 12% unemployment?
i dont care if i am, but just wondering
This post was edited on 3/20/20 at 5:35 pm
Posted on 3/20/20 at 5:34 pm to Covingtontiger77
quote:Correct.
The price on this Economy IS NOT WORTH it
Posted on 3/20/20 at 5:34 pm to LifeTimeTiger2
Theres this myth that only people old as frick or with massive health issues are requiring ICU beds and ventilators. That's not the case. I'm not a Trump guy but he is doing the right thing here as are the local and state governments issuing these orders.
Posted on 3/20/20 at 5:38 pm to BobABooey
quote:
“If it saves just one life”
Cuomo used that argument earlier today.
Anyone that is not ruled by emotions knows that is absolute bullshite.
Posted on 3/20/20 at 5:39 pm to SickGainzLP
Guess we have to pick our poison: overrun hospitals or overrun with joblessness and homelessness.
Posted on 3/20/20 at 5:44 pm to Aristo
New Hampshire has it right, Live Free or Die. Right now we are doing neither.
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