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re: Emergency meeting scheduled to go over online learning and future calendar
Posted on 3/10/20 at 10:32 am to StringedInstruments
Posted on 3/10/20 at 10:32 am to StringedInstruments
It’s overblown, but it’s really not that hard to understand. If you’re kids get sick... and then hang around their grandparents who are in their 80’s... then it’s not looking good for Gramps. The idea isn’t to keep you from dying, but someone else with a compromised immune system.
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Posted on 3/10/20 at 10:32 am to ell_13
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There was never this kind of response to any other possible pandemic. Why now?
Ebola caused 2 deaths in the US. Do you not remember the freak out from that? People were wanting American doctors kept from returning home. We never got to shutdowns because it never spread but it caused a lot of fear mongering despite only two deaths.
Posted on 3/10/20 at 10:35 am to StringedInstruments
COVID19 may end brick and mortar instruction as we know it, particularly university level work. Most college baws (students and professors) are already scared of their own shadows. This must drive them to their doctor's office for Xanax refills like nobody's business.
Posted on 3/10/20 at 10:36 am to SaintsandTigers
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Thats how they sell you on socialism/communism
Pretty much the exact same wording
Get the frick out of here with that bullshite.
Posted on 3/10/20 at 10:38 am to Antonio Moss
quote:You are so blinded it isnt funny
Get the frick out of here with that bull shite.
You are telling people to have their daily lives altered and give up what they enjoy doing for "the good of the community"
An extra $500 dollars out of your paycheck would also help the community
The govt taking your possessions and distributing to others more in need would also help the community
There is no difference.
This post was edited on 3/10/20 at 10:41 am
Posted on 3/10/20 at 10:41 am to SHOtime Tiger
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Do you not have anyone elderly in your family?
My wheelchair-bound grandmother is afraid of purchasing anything from China for fear of catching the Corona.
She spends her days sharing news stories on Facebook and not going outside.
I hope the fear mongers are happy.
Posted on 3/10/20 at 10:46 am to Freight Joker
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My wheelchair-bound grandmother is afraid of purchasing anything from China for fear of catching the Corona.
My wife threw away some packaged food the other day because it was from China. I laughed.
Posted on 3/10/20 at 10:47 am to The Spleen
quote:I will give you that.
He re-assigned Tim Ziemer and pressured Tom Bossert to resign, both of whom had pandemic response under their umbrella in their respective roles.
And they both left with Jon Bolton’s restructuring.
We would benefit from both of them.
As for your budgetary argument, you are flatout wrong.
Here is the US’s budgetary allocation to its global health initiative.
This administration has given the average amount and the $1 billion spike you see is a one time event during Ebola.
It was never meant to be long term.
The average funding for the US global health initiative has been anywhere from $300-500 million on average.
The $1 billion was from an emergency fund.
If you want to argue that we should continue emergency funding in perpetuity, go right ahead, but that is the definition of hindsight.
If you want to read everything about the US global health initiative and its funding, check out the link below.
LINK
This post was edited on 3/10/20 at 10:48 am
Posted on 3/10/20 at 10:47 am to Ace Midnight
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COVID19 may end brick and mortar instruction as we know it, particularly university level work. Most college baws (students and professors) are already scared of their own shadows. This must drive them to their doctor's office for Xanax refills like nobody's business.
I think its more likely to show how antiquated physical classes are.
Posted on 3/10/20 at 10:48 am to TDsngumbo
quote:Do we know if it is any more deadly than the flu? By admission, the experts have said there may be many more cases out there that are never diagnosed because the symptoms are similar to the cold/flu. So, the mortality rate is assumed higher because of the much smaller population of documented cases. There must be a whole lot more to this virus than is being shared as the response seems much more hightened than would be expected.
The major concern is NOT that the young who contract it will die. The concern is that millions of young will contract it, fight off their cold after a week or so, and will spread it to elderly family and acquaintances - who WILL be at a much higher risk of dying from it than the less deadly (from a fatality rate standpoint) flu.
Why people can’t figure this out is beyond me. I guess everyone is self-centered and assume just because their personal risk of contracting it and dying from it is low that everything is all good. The idea behind these plans is to SLOW the SPREAD of the virus.
Posted on 3/10/20 at 10:49 am to StringedInstruments
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The average age of death by the virus is 81.4.
C'mon man! I can't even begin to count the number of 80+ year olds roaming LSU's campus.
Posted on 3/10/20 at 10:49 am to Scruffy
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As for your budgetary argument, you are flatout wrong.
I never made a budgetary argument, other than pointing out that the 5-year CDC funding for global pandemic research that was a result of the Ebola outbreak wasn't extended.
Posted on 3/10/20 at 10:51 am to The Spleen
quote:It was $1 billion in emergency funding due to Ebola.
5-year CDC funding for global pandemic research that was a result of the Ebola outbreak wasn't extended.
Are you arguing that we should continue that in perpetuity?
Should the CDC’s budget have been permanently increased by nearly 200%?
I am not saying I disagree with that, but that is nothing but hindsight.
This post was edited on 3/10/20 at 10:55 am
Posted on 3/10/20 at 10:52 am to GreatLakesTiger24
quote:Have you been following the news? Sporting events are starting to shut out fans and/or media, large parades and festivals are cancelling events, people are being encouraged not to cruise, etc. It is more than asking a few people to work from home.
office workers working from home and kids doing school online isn’t shutting everything down tho
Posted on 3/10/20 at 10:53 am to GreatLakesTiger24
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office workers working from home and kids doing school online isn’t shutting everything down tho
yes it is. No matter how many of your bullshite studies you want to post productivity is greater when youre actually at work and not home
Posted on 3/10/20 at 10:53 am to SaintsandTigers
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You are so blinded it isnt funny
You are telling people to have their daily lives altered and give up what they enjoy doing for "the good of the community"
An extra $500 dollars out of your paycheck would also help the community
The govt taking your possessions and distributing to others more in need would also help the community
There is no difference.
Yeah, there is no difference between taking incredibly temporary measures to reduce the community spread of a novel virus versus having the government seize the means of production and distribution of industry . . .
Some of you people need to take a basic course in political structures.
Posted on 3/10/20 at 10:54 am to Antonio Moss
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I think its more likely to show how antiquated physical classes are.
Oh, I completely agree, but we won't get there with that thinking. We will get there because typical college students want an extra 2-weeks of Spring Break (during which time they will most decidedly not be social distancing) and university professors want to work from home.
It is only a matter of time before the bean counters say, "Hey - that wasn't so bad. You guys know how much we saved by physically closing and having all online classes for 2 weeks?"
And then all those Socialist administrators will get capitalist AF for a couple of minutes.
Posted on 3/10/20 at 10:55 am to Antonio Moss
quote:I am just trying to find where "your good of the community" altruism ends
Yeah, there is no difference between taking incredibly temporary measures to reduce the community spread of a novel virus versus having the government seize the means of production and distribution of industry . . .
Some of you people need to take a basic course in political structures.
Posted on 3/10/20 at 10:56 am to NOSHAU
quote:that’s obviously not what I’m talking about
Sporting events are starting to shut out fans and/or media, large parades and festivals are cancelling events, people are being encouraged not to cruise, etc. It is more than asking a few people to work from home.
Posted on 3/10/20 at 10:56 am to Ace Midnight
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Most college baws
Those ain't baws
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