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  1. ChickenHawk

    The Worldwide C0VlD-19 Coronavirus Pandemic Discussion Thread...

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    I would never take that bet, because I'd be betting on people to die, and I don't truly wish to be right. That would be really nice, and would be a real game changer. It could happen, too. I'm crossing my fingers. (*Quietly adds another screen capture, along with a reminder to taunt you with it...
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    The Worldwide C0VlD-19 Coronavirus Pandemic Discussion Thread...

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    Yup, the life expectancy was pretty darn low that year, almost like a rampaging illness tore through a third of the population. Life Expectancy in the U.S.A. YEAR MALE FEMALE 1915 52.5 56.8 1916 49.6 54.3 1917 48.4 54.0 1918 (Year of Spanish Flu) 36.6 42.2 1919 53.5...
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    I've spent much of today pondering the predictions made on this forum, and the more I think about it, the more I believe that the infection and death toll will be higher than many of us anticipate. Comparing this to the Spanish Flu: According to the CDC, about 500 million people or one-third of...
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    Russia closed its border with China on Jan. 30 to protect their own citizens. In contrast, on Feb. 1, the mayor of Florence Italy responded to the virus by initiating "Hug a Chinese Day", encouraging Italian citizens to hug Chinese people and post the pix on social media. Fast forward seven...
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    A friend in Houston just received this emergency alert on her phone. Extreme alert. STAY HOME. C0VlD-19 case count is rapidly rising in every area of Harris County. Protect yourself and your family by staying home and severely limiting contact with others. Harris County issued a Stay Home...
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    I see what you're saying, but can we believe the Chinese government? Their numbers don't line up with other evidence, such as the massive amount of bodies that were being cremated, the millions of discontinued cell phone accounts, and the continued the empty streets. And skipping China for a...
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    Ironically, if we do dodge the bullet, we'll probably never know how much we owe to policies we're complaining about now. Like, if you lock your front door and are never robbed, you could say, "See? I didn't need to lock my front door. I was never robbed! Why'd I waste my money on a stupid...
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    A friend of a friend works at a hospital in Detroit. Here's what was relayed to me tonight... "The hospital is way overtaken with patients. They don't have enough protective equipment. The bosses are in tears, crying because they don't know what to do. If you don't stay with the patient at all...
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    The government-enforced closures, I believe, are designed to flatten the curve so that even if a million people are infected, they're not infected all at once. The sharp upward curve of infected people is what's really slaughtering the health care system in Italy. They don't have enough ICU...
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    Hyperinflation worries in the UK & USA warranted?

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    One theory is that investors are liquidating their "paper" gold positions to cover their steep losses in the stock market. I just checked an online store that I've ordered from in the past, and premiums to get physical gold seem high right now. For example, even though the spot price for gold...
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    This guy I know, his ex-wife is mocking him for stocking up and "falling for the pandemic." Yup, she believes that a "pandemic" is when people panic shop. As in "panic-demic." I wish I could say that I'm joking.
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    Not to sound like a broken record, but if you haven't already stocked up enough food/supplies/whatever, what the heck are you waiting for? I'm in a state with no confirmed cases. Here, things are still somewhat normal. Yes, there are bare shelves in the expected places (cleaning supplies...
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    Well, it's official. The World Health Organization has just declared this a pandemic.
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    I don't want to speak for the person who said this, but the point was (I believe) that the CDC has done a horrible job of managing this. Given the size of their budget, they should've been able to perform much better in their primary function, which is to protect the population from pandemics...
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    Well, this is ominous. Police-Enforced Quarantine Hits California Neighborhood – Residents Ordered to Stay Inside Due to Coronavirus "Sacramento County Sheriff deputies and Rocklin Police, some wearing protective gloves, converged on a residential street Thursday as a sheriff’s helicopter...
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    My generic migraine prescription is made in India. A few weeks ago, because I anticipated virus-related supply issues, I stocked up three months in advance. Today, I filled the prescription again. And guess what? During the last couple of weeks, it's doubled in price, from $20 to $40. First...
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    What I don't get is why the hospitals, the CDC, and/or the appropriate federal/state agencies didn't stockpile masks when they were cheap and plentiful. At a minimum, they should've had a three-to-six month supply already on-hand for just such an emergency. It's not like they expire. But...
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    I went to Target this morning around 10 a.m. In passing the cashier told me they were out of hand sanitizer. I said, "Wow, when will you get more in?" She said, "No. I mean we're completely out. The truck came today, and there was no hand-sanitizer on it, so we can't restock." Interesting times...
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    Not-so-fun fact: @loop101 started this thread on Jan. 25. Here's an interesting progression since then. Jan. 25th: 1,438 cases. 42 deaths. Jan. 29th: 7,783 cases. 170 deaths. Feb. 5th: 24, 607 cases. 494 deaths. Feb. 11th: 43,112 cases. 1,018 deaths. Feb. 17th: 71,810 cases. 1,775 deaths. Feb...
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    That's good info. The thing I wonder about, though, is the risk at airports, etc. Plus, with the long incubation time, it seems risky to count on the official numbers. In spite of what's being reported, they're likely much higher. But then again, I'm in a pickle myself because we're supposed to...

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