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One side learned.
Exactly. A lot of people thought the earth was flat, including some very intelligent people, before 1492. Now only the crazies think it is.I don't think this makes the point Pace thinks it makes.
Absolutely! Also, itmakes the exact point I thought it did. With the passing of RL there’s been a lot of recent attention and mockery to a comment he made in Feb 2020 comparing Covid to the common cold. My point, which remains accurate was that at that time a lot of people were staying stupid sh*t but on this board it’s only certain comments that get criticized over and over and over again when it’s made by a individual associated with the Republican party.
I think that's very fair to say everyone who compared it to the flu in March and February has egg on their face. I think you'd agree that anyone comparing it to the flu after April, or say in October is doubling down on stupid comparisons because they're too stubborn to admit they're wrong.
https://mobile.twitter.com/justin_hart/status/1366501782407417856What happened back in April already that led to such a shocking drop in case mortality and hospitalization rate? Just more testing being performed so the denominator was getting larger? Really is stunning to see how low the case fatality rate is if you’re under 60.
Mortality and hospitalization #s are only counting those who tested positive. So more (negative) testing wouldn't change that. Now, perhaps we didn't have enough tests and were not catching all the positives, but I think learning how to treat people was the difference in the first couple months vs. after.
Trying to remember back that far but was it the over use of ventilators, lack of patient proning, or maybe simply masking just reduced the viral load intake improving things so dramatically and quickly but either way thank god we got things somewhat figured out early on otherwise this would have been a disaster 25x’s the disaster it already was.
It reminds me of the AIDS crisis back in the 80s and 90s. Even though we still don't have a 'cure' or even a vaccine, the virus is no longer a death sentence due to a combination of new drugs and clinicians' evolving understanding of treatment options.
Doc and Rocket should probably just move down to TX. Covid doesn't exist there anymore, apparently.
TX Governor signing peoples death warrants. His decision is going to kill people. You will have schools 100% open, no requirement for the kids to wear masks anymore, and teachers still not able to get a vaccine.Seriously, should be able to charge someone like him for reckless homicide. Just makes zero sense, especially for a state with such a poor performance in vaccination.
NBC reported tonight immigrants are testing positive for covid and just being let go to wherever their destination is.
Admittedly snark (with some truth): Would you rather pen them them up with other immigrants like the previous administration?The correct answer is set them up with proper health care - as you would want to be treated yourself. I don't know that those kinds of facilities are available for immigrants.
I’d rather we encourage and enforce the legal process of immigration. And if you haven’t been following the news we are currently putting housing them in cages storage bins.
I actually don't follow the news much at all. Avoidance is good for my mental health
I actually don't follow the news much at all. Avoidance is good for my mental health Much of what you yahoos post I have to google to figure out what's going on. I haven't googled the issue you mentioned from NBC, but I suspect "there's more to the story".
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1259282Not much more to the story....about 7% of migrants are testing positive and being sent on their way with the recommendation to isolate.
I suspect that is the right move. Holding them in a super spreader detention center is not a good idea.https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/americas-immigration-system-is-a-covid-superspreader1/