Oso planning to go pro
How much longer are you fellow WFH people going to utilize daycare?I feel like my wife and I can still be productive WFH, but without the kids. If we keep the kids home, there’s a massive drop off coming. She’s busier than I am at this point, but that could level off as well.Flipside is daycare and spreading germs. You have six families dropping kids off every day, that’s not really distancing.
For the record...But wouldn't' be surprised if the current admin wants to keep the numbers low (since they said as much)
Where'd you get your medical degree and PhD in epidemiology?
If that scenario is accurate, an 18 month social distancing will never work. The economic implications are too enormous. At some point, you may just need to innoculate people and hope and pray it works. And after a week or a month, let all but the most vulnerable get back to life. As cruel as that sounds, I just don't think there is anyway without the fast track of a vaccine, that we are going to be able to prevent a lot of people from dying of this.
my thoughts exactly, the mental health issues from being in lockdown would blow way past the virus. Its a scary thing no matter which way you look at it
And for the record, this is where you move from discussion of the President's handling of this matter (which I agree is completely fair game in this "no politics allowed" thread) to pure and unabashed politics.
This is only a tweet thread summarizing the report which you find in the original tweet.https://twitter.com/jeremycyoung/status/1239975682643357696?s=19
I wonder why you think that. It is the very definition of “how” he handled it.
Past tense. There is no indication he is handling this way now.
Saying the administration might be doing the thing they said they were trying to do is pure unabashed politics? I mean it treads a line sure but I don't think it's as political as you're making it out to be.Also anyone have a more up to date map of cases? Seems like the Johns Hopkins one isn't updating regularly last I checked
Also anyone have a more up to date map of cases? Seems like the Johns Hopkins one isn't updating regularly last I checked
It seems to be updating for me. About 15 minutes ago, I saw 6,510 cases reported in the US. Right now, it says 6,519.
I'm not particularly pleased with how this has been handled, but I've seen those quotes too. I want the numbers to be low. You want the numbers to be low. We're all fixated with the numbers (just look at the top of the page, if you have any doubts about that). The President saying he wants the numbers to be low is a very, very different thing than saying that the President is conspiring to limit testing so the numbers will be low. So yes, I think that accusation is unabashedly political. If I misinterpreted Rocky's post, then my apologies.
I am very much struggling this morning to see anything but unbelievable doom.The unemployment numbers are going to be absolutely staggering. Sec. Mnuchin suggested 20% unemployment without massive govt intervention. I don't have a lot of faith in that .. it'll help, no doubt, but .. the economic impact is just so far reaching, so quick. People aren't going to use their $1000 to buy a car, they're going to be scared and hoard it for food. Seeing the "suppression" line graphs .. the peaks and waves go on forever until the population is immunized. That's a full 12-18-24 months of economic devastation, with no one building homes, buying cars, travelling. Someone talk me out of it, but I can't shake the idea that the probability of a global great depression is extremely high.
I think you misinterpreted his post, since he specifically says that he [mostly] believes "it's still just poor execution" [but wouldn't be surprised if it's a conspiracy] (see below). The speculation about a conspiracy was something he attributed to providers. As mentioned above, health care providers are still unable to get the tests they want. They are being told to only test the high risk, and already hospitalized. Internally *they* are wondering if it's a conspiracy to keep the numbers down.For the record, I mostly think it's still just poor execution. But wouldn't' be surprised if the current admin wants to keep the numbers low (since they said as much)