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Life likely won’t return to normal until sometime next summer or fall

Posted on 8/3/20 at 9:33 pm
Posted by WaydownSouth
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Posted on 8/3/20 at 9:33 pm
The spanish flu started in the spring of 1918 and lasted until the April of 1920. Just about two years.

Of course modern medicine has improved exponentially, but we have a much larger population for this virus to circulate in. By the time a vaccine is out, administered on a large scale, starts to have some effect, and cases start dropping for good across the board, likely won’t be until the spring.

Hope you all are prepared to kiss 12-18 months of your life goodbye as we deal with these ridiculous measures for another year.

The virus will kill who it wants to kill. At this point all we are doing is adding collateral damage, by screwing small business owners out of their life’s work.

I wish this would be a lesson to people to take of your bodies. You could do yourself and the health care system so much good by simply taking care of your body. Give yourself a better chance to fight off disease. The same people calling non mask wearers selfish are the same people eating 4,000 calories a day and smoking a pack of cigarettes. Seems quite selfish to waste healthcare resources because you can’t eat right or exercise.
Posted by udtiger
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Posted on 8/3/20 at 9:34 pm to
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I wish this would be a lesson to people to take of your bodies. You could do yourself and the health care system so much good by simply taking care of your body. Give yourself a better chance to fight off disease. The same people calling non mask wearers selfish are the same people eating 4,000 calories a day and smoking a pack of cigarettes. Seems quite selfish to waste healthcare resources because you can’t eat right or exercise


We need to scuttle "body positivity" and get back to fat shaming.
Posted by tigergirl10
Member since Jul 2019
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Posted on 8/3/20 at 9:34 pm to
That’s what my dumbass nurse practitioner aunt said today. That kind of thinking is insane.
Posted by Green Chili Tiger
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Posted on 8/3/20 at 9:34 pm to
They had football in 1919.

Posted by CaptainsWafer
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Posted on 8/3/20 at 9:35 pm to
Yea but people wore masks.
Posted by SuperSaint
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Posted on 8/3/20 at 9:35 pm to
You’re such a scholar
Posted by TH03
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Member since Dec 2008
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Posted on 8/3/20 at 9:36 pm to
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Hope you all are prepared to kiss 12-18 months of your life goodbye as we deal with these ridiculous measures for another year.


Don’t be so dramatic.
Posted by upgrayedd
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Member since Mar 2013
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Posted on 8/3/20 at 9:36 pm to
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That’s what my dumbass nurse practitioner aunt said today. That kind of thinking is insane.

Perhaps, but it's the political reality of the situation. We will be under mandatory mask orders for the next 9-12 months.
Posted by DustyDinkleman
Here
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Posted on 8/3/20 at 9:36 pm to
Lulz...you mean 2025 right?
Posted by Oilfieldbiology
Member since Nov 2016
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Posted on 8/3/20 at 9:36 pm to
So masks helped to flatten that curve to two years?
Posted by Salmon
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Posted on 8/3/20 at 9:36 pm to
I don’t think you will make it
Posted by bird35
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Member since Sep 2012
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Posted on 8/3/20 at 9:37 pm to
Life is not going back to normal until enough people decide they will live normally even if they have a small chance they will be permanently impaired by the virus.

I made that decision in late March.

We need at leadt 66% of Americans to feel this way and we don't have those numbers yet.
Posted by tgrbaitn08
Member since Dec 2007
148031 posts
Posted on 8/3/20 at 9:39 pm to
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That’s what my dumbass nurse practitioner aunt said today.


quote:

tigergirl10


Aren’t you a teacher?

Who is more educated, you or your aunt?
Posted by Tigerholic
Member since Sep 2006
2512 posts
Posted on 8/3/20 at 9:39 pm to
Don’t care, living my life. If I die oh well, I’m not wimpering like a soy boy. I trust in god and love my family and country.
This post was edited on 8/3/20 at 9:40 pm
Posted by WaydownSouth
Stratton Oakmont
Member since Nov 2018
11360 posts
Posted on 8/3/20 at 9:39 pm to
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Perhaps, but it's the political reality of the situation. We will be under mandatory mask orders for the next 9-12 months.


I really don’t want to believe it, but it absolutely is.

Retail pharmacies will be getting flu shots in next week. Flu season is coming up. Add that on to everything else and we will absolutely be under mask orders and restrictions for the next 9-12 months.
This post was edited on 8/3/20 at 9:40 pm
Posted by GreatLakesTiger24
Member since May 2012
61657 posts
Posted on 8/3/20 at 9:41 pm to
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Hope you all are prepared to kiss 12-18 months of your life goodbye as we deal with these ridiculous measures for another year.

this isn't dramatic at all
Posted by TigerDog83
Member since Oct 2005
8858 posts
Posted on 8/3/20 at 9:42 pm to
The 1918 flu was targeting healthy younger people in the population. A truly much scarier proposition than covid 19 has proven. Also with modern technology and logistics the world is obviously much more interconnected now. I would think overall transmission is much quicker in modern times than 1918 where a war and troop ships contributed to the spread.
Posted by Privateer 2007
Member since Jan 2020
7951 posts
Posted on 8/3/20 at 9:43 pm to
There is no reason for this crap to last beyond another few months.

The Northeast and much of mid Atlantic is basically over this.
Much of Midwest basically over this.

The South getting over this.

Florida, Texas are past peak.

California is peaking.

This shite isn't going on into next year.
Posted by slackster
Houston
Member since Mar 2009
91874 posts
Posted on 8/3/20 at 9:44 pm to
If it's a phase 1 or so type 12-18 months, it will be devastating across industries.

Right now it's mostly isolated to hospitality, restaurants, and bars. That will spill over to the larger economy if they all fail.
Posted by Privateer 2007
Member since Jan 2020
7951 posts
Posted on 8/3/20 at 9:45 pm to
At least 66% of Americans to feel that way.

About 20-30% is herd threshold due to immunity for many via prior Coronavirus infections.
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