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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 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.
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 on 8/3/20 at 9:34 pm to WaydownSouth
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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 on 8/3/20 at 9:34 pm to WaydownSouth
That’s what my dumbass nurse practitioner aunt said today. That kind of thinking is insane.
Posted on 8/3/20 at 9:34 pm to WaydownSouth
They had football in 1919.


Posted on 8/3/20 at 9:35 pm to Green Chili Tiger
Yea but people wore masks.
Posted on 8/3/20 at 9:36 pm to WaydownSouth
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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 on 8/3/20 at 9:36 pm to tigergirl10
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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 on 8/3/20 at 9:36 pm to WaydownSouth
Lulz...you mean 2025 right?
Posted on 8/3/20 at 9:36 pm to CaptainsWafer
So masks helped to flatten that curve to two years?
Posted on 8/3/20 at 9:36 pm to WaydownSouth
I don’t think you will make it
Posted on 8/3/20 at 9:37 pm to WaydownSouth
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.
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 on 8/3/20 at 9:39 pm to tigergirl10
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That’s what my dumbass nurse practitioner aunt said today.
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tigergirl10
Aren’t you a teacher?
Who is more educated, you or your aunt?
Posted on 8/3/20 at 9:39 pm to WaydownSouth
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 on 8/3/20 at 9:39 pm to upgrayedd
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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 on 8/3/20 at 9:41 pm to WaydownSouth
quote:this isn't dramatic at all
Hope you all are prepared to kiss 12-18 months of your life goodbye as we deal with these ridiculous measures for another year.
Posted on 8/3/20 at 9:42 pm to WaydownSouth
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 on 8/3/20 at 9:43 pm to WaydownSouth
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.
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 on 8/3/20 at 9:44 pm to GreatLakesTiger24
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.
Right now it's mostly isolated to hospitality, restaurants, and bars. That will spill over to the larger economy if they all fail.
Posted on 8/3/20 at 9:45 pm to bird35
At least 66% of Americans to feel that way.
About 20-30% is herd threshold due to immunity for many via prior Coronavirus infections.
About 20-30% is herd threshold due to immunity for many via prior Coronavirus infections.
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