re: This is a direct result of the Pussification of America

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WaydownSouth

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This alpha male needs to go down to his local hospital and volunteer to help COVID patients without a mask.

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Yeah it’s definitely those Americans doing this and not the doctors, epidemiologists and virologists that study this their entire careers.

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I don’t doubt the knowledge or intentions of those doctors, epidemiologists, or virologists. I believe that the measures being taken will, in fact, reduce the impact to hospitals and reduce the death toll of this virus in the long term. You’re right, they’ve been studying this their entire careers.

But you know what they haven’t been studying? Economics. Every year, 30,000-40,000 people are killed in car accidents in the US. An additional 2+ million are seriously injured or permanently disabled. But if the Institute of Transportation Engineers suggested measures similar to those being taken now, we would reject them outright.

For everyone saying “it’s just a temporary setback”... wake up. In south Louisiana alone, tens of thousands will be out of work in the construction business within the next 2 weeks. That’s in addition to thousands of service industry workers who have already been put out of work. And that’s just the direct impact of precautionary measures. What happens when low demand starts its own vicious cycle?

Think about the cost of nationwide loss of productivity plus the cost of stimulus packages that will be implemented to mitigate the fallout. What if we dedicated the same resources to shoring up the healthcare industry? It amazes me that a world war can bring the country out of a depression, while lack of healthcare resources can send us into one.

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do those accidents happen in a highly contagious wave that inundates hospitals over their capacity?

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Did you bother to read the rest of my post?

Also, why does this matter when talking about the TOTAL death toll?

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i understand the economic concerns, as should everyone. but these analogies don't hold water. The issue here isn't mortality rates, it's the infectiousness of this thing thats overburdening our hospitals and doctors well beyond what manageable rates.

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Think about the cost of nationwide loss of productivity plus the cost of stimulus packages that will be implemented to mitigate the fallout. What if we dedicated the same resources to shoring up the healthcare industry? It amazes me that a world war can bring the country out of a depression, while lack of healthcare resources can send us into one.

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This is a direct result of having no plans/protocols in place for something like this.

This is the direct result of not taking others countries seriously, being naive, and not shutting down our fricking borders & banning international travel to the United States.

All we had to do was pay attention to the reports coming out of the other countries in the world and stop people from entering our country. Yea...that probably would've stirred up some shite too and affected the global market....but it would be much better than the shite storm we are dealing with now.

WE HAD PLENTY OF TIME TO PREVENT THIS

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You mean the one that killed 50 million people and was a million times worse than this one?

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Compare cases 3 months in with 1918 Spanish Flu vs Covid-19 which has been around for 3 months and the numbers are very similar.

You can't compare flu numbers over a 1-2 year span vs a virus that has been in the world for only a few months. That's like comparing the stats of 2 football players...and you're comparing one athlete's stats for the season vs another athlete's stats over a 1 month period.

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The OT must have zero grandparents or parents over the age of 60.

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this just in. Old people are old

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They created rock n roll, you idiot.

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Doesn't mean they can't be scared of the very thing they created.

Example: Robert Oppenheimer

You fricking idiot

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You're comparing rock and roll to nuclear weapons?

You are absolutely the stupidest SOB to ever grace this forum. I know you're only 13 or 14 years old, but you're really really stupid.

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We’ve shut down the country over a virus that has a 97-99% survival rate.

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And that’s the survival rate of merely people that actually get infected.

99.9% of all people won’t die from COVID-19.

Terrible analogy. People travel on airplanes constantly. If there was a 3% chance you would die taking a plane, it would be almost a statistical certainty you would die if you took 50 trips. You’re not going to get the virus 50 times.