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Let’s be real about the COVID crisis
Posted on 7/20/20 at 12:39 pm
Posted on 7/20/20 at 12:39 pm
In 2018, Louisiana’s population was about 4.66 million. Using the totals reported this morning in the Advocate, even though most of the recent spike of positive cases have been asymptomatic, and there have been numerous reports of various deaths being chalked up as COVID related although the person actually died from some other cause, so these numbers are very suspect. But never mind, let’s use those numbers.
The 91,706 positive cases, many of which are asymptomatic, represent less than 2% of our state’s population.
The 3,433 deaths that are supposedly due to COVID represent less that three-quarters of one-hundredth of one percent (.00074) of the state’s population.
Why then are we wrecking our economy, mandating everyone wear a mask, shutting small businesses down, etc. Please, somebody explain this to me.
The 91,706 positive cases, many of which are asymptomatic, represent less than 2% of our state’s population.
The 3,433 deaths that are supposedly due to COVID represent less that three-quarters of one-hundredth of one percent (.00074) of the state’s population.
Why then are we wrecking our economy, mandating everyone wear a mask, shutting small businesses down, etc. Please, somebody explain this to me.
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Posted on 7/20/20 at 12:42 pm to Friar Tuck
IT'S NOT THE FLU!!!!
I have a friend of an uncle's cousin who knows somebody that he works with who's husband got it, and he was in bed for EIGHT days. He said you don't want to get this.
Also, there was a guy somewhere who went to something called a COVID party where he got it, and on his death bed, he said, "You have to tell them, Soylent Green is made from people!!!!"
I have a friend of an uncle's cousin who knows somebody that he works with who's husband got it, and he was in bed for EIGHT days. He said you don't want to get this.
Also, there was a guy somewhere who went to something called a COVID party where he got it, and on his death bed, he said, "You have to tell them, Soylent Green is made from people!!!!"
Posted on 7/20/20 at 12:42 pm to Friar Tuck
96% of the people who catch the virus recover. And that percentage pretty much holds true for the entire country.
This post was edited on 7/20/20 at 12:46 pm
Posted on 7/20/20 at 12:44 pm to Tigerpaul1969
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T'S NOT THE FLU!!!! I have a friend of an uncle's cousin who knows somebody that he works with who's husband got it, and he was in bed for EIGHT days. He said you don't want to get this. Also, there was a guy somewhere who went to something called a COVID party where he got it, and on his death bed, he said, "You have to tell them, Soylent Green is made from people!!!!"
Good sarcasm. Have an upvote!
Posted on 7/20/20 at 12:46 pm to Friar Tuck
I just got a call from my wife that a cousin has died from covid and his wife has it too. So suddenly as that it’s not something happening only to other people
Posted on 7/20/20 at 12:46 pm to civiltiger07
Then we are doing better than country average. We should be in Phase 4 by now.
Posted on 7/20/20 at 12:59 pm to Tigerpaul1969
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I have a friend of an uncle's cousin who knows somebody that he works with who's husband got it, and he was in bed for EIGHT days. He said you don't want to get this.
ive had multiple people i know that had it and it was a cake walk....its different with everybody but the numbers to me arent there to have a pandemic over....you may not want to get it but did your uncles cousin who knows somebody that he works with whos husband got it alive ?
Posted on 7/20/20 at 1:02 pm to Tigerpaul1969
quote:That's a-okay. Agent Orange is in the White House
Also, there was a guy somewhere who went to something called a COVID party where he got it, and on his death bed, he said, "You have to tell them, Soylent Green is made from people!!!!"
Posted on 7/20/20 at 1:28 pm to C W
Ha. I got 2 downvotes for the true comment that I got word from my wife that a cousin has died from covid.
Not sure if those are downvotes for the corona virus or because I interjected too much reality into the discussion
Ignorant liberals are too close minded to accept reality. Don’t be that
Not sure if those are downvotes for the corona virus or because I interjected too much reality into the discussion
Ignorant liberals are too close minded to accept reality. Don’t be that
Posted on 7/20/20 at 1:49 pm to Friar Tuck
My SIL had it and she didn't even know she had it until she tested positive before an outpatient surgery. My ex's mother got it and was dead in less than a week. While the odds are in our favor, it's real.
Posted on 7/20/20 at 1:51 pm to TBoy
People who are saying it is a hoax are stupid. Equally as stupid as the people who think hiding for two weeks or a month is a long term solution against a highly transmittable virus with no vaccine.
Posted on 7/20/20 at 1:59 pm to NIH
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People who are saying it is a hoax are stupid. Equally as stupid as the people who think hiding for two weeks or a month is a long term solution against a highly transmittable virus with no vaccine.
Can't disagree with that.
The only thing for positive discussion is what small steps can we take to help manage the virus so it down't cycle out of control again. You are correct, shutdowns are not a viable option.
Posted on 7/20/20 at 2:05 pm to Friar Tuck
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Why then are we wrecking our economy, mandating everyone wear a mask, shutting small businesses down, etc. Please, somebody explain this to me.
2020 Election. By any means necessary. You must have missed the Kavenaugh confirmation hearings.
Posted on 7/20/20 at 2:06 pm to civiltiger07
quote:More like 99.6%.
96% of the people who catch the virus recover. And that percentage pretty much holds true for the entire country.
Posted on 7/20/20 at 2:57 pm to Friar Tuck
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Why then are we wrecking our economy, mandating everyone wear a mask, shutting small businesses down, etc. Please, somebody explain this to me.
The best I've got for you is that mask wearing does not harm the economy. What it may allow is for us to go about our daily lives with a minor inconvenience.
Shutting down small businesses (or large businesses for that matter) does harm the economy. The only way such a thing may be justifiable is if there is no safe way to operate the businesses.
Now, if mask wearing reduces the risk of being in close quarters, and would allow all businesses to safely open, that may be the ticket to success.
Look, entire industries are shut down. Almost all entertainment, live music, theater, movies, clubs, the entire industry is shut down. All we should be concerned about is how to safely reopen everything. As it stands right now, masks, as much as I hate wearing them, seem to be the ticket.
Posted on 7/20/20 at 3:04 pm to C W
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Ha. I got 2 downvotes for the true comment that I got word from my wife that a cousin has died from covid.
1) why care about downvotes? MAYBE someone was saying they dislike this as in they dislike that he died???
2) my sis in law wasn't feeling well and got tested yesterday -- she was positive and today is feeling SO much better she said. Issue now is my mother/father/other sister in law now will quarantine as they were all on vacation together last week.
Posted on 7/20/20 at 3:07 pm to C W
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I just got a call from my wife that a cousin has died from covid and his wife has it too. So suddenly as that it’s not something happening only to other people
Same here. About a month ago, my wife called saying my aunt, her son and his wife all had it. Two weeks, a few sniffles and some general "not feeling well" later, they were all fine.
Posted on 7/20/20 at 3:09 pm to Tigerpaul1969
I had it. Middle aged guy, bad shape but can jog a slow mile.
Had fever for about 5 days that sucked. Tylenol and Gatorade and waited it out. Was winded easily for a few days but it came back.
Had fever for about 5 days that sucked. Tylenol and Gatorade and waited it out. Was winded easily for a few days but it came back.
Posted on 7/20/20 at 3:25 pm to TBoy
really
So we hide in our houses till when?
Some fricking magical vaccine is some how discovered
Sars strain has been around for a while and no vaccine but all the sudden we are saved well my God it is a fricking miracle you first a-hole.
How about the millions of people who never get sick, how about herd immunity, how about this by and large is an agenda and a narrative and made up bullshite no can't have that ruins the plan
So we hide in our houses till when?
Some fricking magical vaccine is some how discovered
Sars strain has been around for a while and no vaccine but all the sudden we are saved well my God it is a fricking miracle you first a-hole.
How about the millions of people who never get sick, how about herd immunity, how about this by and large is an agenda and a narrative and made up bullshite no can't have that ruins the plan
Posted on 7/20/20 at 3:28 pm to C W
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my wife that a cousin has died from covid and his wife has it too. So suddenly as that it’s not something happening only to other people
So, comorbidities of the wife's cousin? Bad habits?
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