Oso planning to go pro
Let's see:Daily Deaths (7-day moving average) Spain: 2 Italy: 6 France: 10 United States: 1,129
'Murica!We aren't getting past this until a vaccine is created and then I am not even sure of it then.
30% of Americans have already said they won't take the vaccine.You can't fix stupid
If you’re a small business owner, it’s short term gain or certain death. Make mandates about mask usage, do what you can to encourage or enforce correct behavior with the pandemic, but vilifying people trying to make any money they can as “short term gain”, and somehow selfish creating long term pain, is ignorant as to what many business owners are going through.
Me too. But to be fair to Eng, back then many assumed CDC would be allowed (and able) to do its job like it did in previous pandemics. I certainly assumed that back in February. Then CDC messed up the initial tests, got pulled off the case ("I take no responsibility at all"), and suddenly the states were forced to deal with something they were never supposed to have to deal with. Game over.
I have spelled out elsewhere how I think COVID should have been handled. As to mask wearing and vaccines, I agree that there would have been a percentage that would refuse vaccines regardless of who was in charge. (A) 70% gets close to herd immunity.(B) to quote a famous comedian philosopher, "You can't fix stupid.". Let them catch it.
Frenns posted the article last week where it's estimated only 43% to 66% need to be vaccinated for herd immunity.
"How the Pandemic defeated America."https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/09/coronavirus-american-failure/614191/?utm_term=2020-08-03T09%3A00%3A36&utm_content=edit-promo&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=the-atlantic
In the same way major wars and events have marked the close of past empires, the 2020 pandemic will be the moment that history points to as the end of the U.S. empire.
Indiana University Football Freshman Offensive Lineman Brady Feeney is in a very difficult battle with COVID-19 according to his mom, also having heart issues in addition to breathing. https://twitter.com/SamBlum3/status/1290372030085451776?s=19
Not for nothing, and thoughts and prayers with him and his family, but this is the kind of “young athlete” who would have issues. He may have been healthy, but he’s 300+ lbs and surely not chiseled out of granite. He’s listed at 325 according to IU, and 285 in his senior year recruiting information. If with some exaggeration on IU’s part, it’s very common for young OL to put on unhealthy levels of weight in a hurry to get up to D1 standard size. Which is significant as we’ve seen weight be a substantial factor for COVID.I don’t necessarily think this is a good example for “this can affect young people too!” However on the flip side, it is a very valid concern for NFL and CFB with the weights on many players
This makes me wonder if it doesn’t matter who was President, we would have still had a tough go of it. It probably would have been better, but we are so divided on each side, it’s tough to come together on anything. The federal government can only do so much. At the end of the day, it’s each person who has to have some discipline to get through this.
True, his weight is probably a factor. But the rate of obesity in the US general population - including 'young people' - is ridiculously high. According to the CDC, an astonishing 40% of people age 20-39 are obese. To me, that DOES mean COVID "can affect young people too"...or at least a pretty substantial percentage of young people.And I understand that many of those obese people probably aren't anywhere near the 325-ish that this guy weighs. But most of them aren't major D1 athletes either, and many people who weigh far less than him might struggle getting out of a chair or walking up a flight of stairs. Bottom line - yes, this guy is 'obese,' but there are plenty of other young obese people who are at far higher risk than this guy IMO. https://www.cdc.gov/obesity/data/adult.html
I don’t disagree. Weight is the big equalizer among at risk groups. I wish this would make people wake up about that, but I know it’s a pipe dream. It’s become far too normalized
Today’s tallyFrance - 0 new casesSpain - 0 new casesUS - 49,000 new casesThank you, bunker Boy. Send the kids back to school.
In a PC world, it’s not even allowable to mention how terrible that obesity is for one’s health. We can’t offend people.