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Posted on 3/8/20 at 3:46 pm to IT_Dawg
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You are out of your fricking mind. Time for you to get in your bunker, bud.
This shite has nothing on the mortality rate of previous coronaviruses. It will infect more, but death rate will be closer to the seasonal flu.
It’s amazing how out of touch you are with reality.
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Posted on 3/8/20 at 6:05 pm to djsdawg
Stanford now going to online classes for remainder of their winter qtr (next 2 weeks). Joins Washington university in doing ao
Posted on 3/8/20 at 7:29 pm to athens-ga
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Italy
Completely different demographics with a much older population.
Where was all this panic in '09 when we had 60 million cases of swine flu?
Yep,I think this is pretty contagious and nope I'm not worried about getting it.
There was an elderly couple (over 80) from Georgia on the news yesterday who tested positive, barely had any symptoms,were quarantined and tested negative 10 days later.Not even close to being severely sick or dying.
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Posted on 3/8/20 at 8:03 pm to AlaCowboy
dont-panic-the-comprehensive-ars-technica-guide-to-the-coronavirus/
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Posted on 3/8/20 at 8:06 pm to RD Dawg
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Completely different demographics with a much older population.
There are plenty of older people in our nation as well. We aren’t as young as you are led to believe.
Posted on 3/8/20 at 8:43 pm to djsdawg
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There are plenty of older people in our nation as well
Sure
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as you are led to believe
What?I'm not "led"to believe anything.US population over 65 is 16%.Italy is around 23%
It's a big difference.
Posted on 3/8/20 at 9:09 pm to AlaCowboy
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The virus has killed 79 people in Italy, overwhelmingly aged between 63 and 95 with underlying serious illnesses."
And now it’s up to 366, 133 died in one day.
They only had a few cases 2 weeks ago.
Posted on 3/8/20 at 9:10 pm to RD Dawg
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What?I'm not "led"to believe anything.US population over 65 is 16%.Italy is around 23%
It's a big difference.
It’s not a big enough difference to turn a major problem into a minor one
Posted on 3/8/20 at 9:36 pm to djsdawg
Do you think shutting down schools and businesses and government offices and sporting events and festivals and parades will prevent this virus from spreading in the United States? And if so, how long should they all be shut down for?
Posted on 3/8/20 at 9:37 pm to deeprig9
For as long as it takes my job to realize that IT people can work from home effectively. frick can we just have ONE day a week?
Posted on 3/8/20 at 9:40 pm to LewDawg
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For as long as it takes my job to realize that IT people can work from home effectively. frick can we just have ONE day a week?
Long enough to realize they can totally offshore you. Is that really what you want?
Posted on 3/8/20 at 9:47 pm to deeprig9
They’re not going to offshore security
Posted on 3/8/20 at 9:52 pm to deeprig9
When you get the daily update it illicits a response of “oh shite...it’s coming”. I think a lot of that is the social media click bate news cycle and how panic sells. We’ve had 500 cases and 32 deaths in the US out of 300 million people!
But even in China..which was ground zero...which has a population of 1 Billion people....their death rate per that population is tiny. It’s not good...but still tiny.
I think a lot of people will catch this...and some will die...worse than the flu but not much worse. The overhype will make this seem a lot worse than it is which will lead to a social pandemic much more damaging than the virus itself.
But even in China..which was ground zero...which has a population of 1 Billion people....their death rate per that population is tiny. It’s not good...but still tiny.
I think a lot of people will catch this...and some will die...worse than the flu but not much worse. The overhype will make this seem a lot worse than it is which will lead to a social pandemic much more damaging than the virus itself.
Posted on 3/8/20 at 9:55 pm to LewDawg
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They’re not going to offshore security
Yes they will. Watch.
Posted on 3/8/20 at 9:57 pm to SquatchDawg
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social pandemic
Weaponized.
Posted on 3/8/20 at 10:40 pm to deeprig9
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Weaponized
Exactly. It’s a new thing. TAking something like this and manufacturing a frenzy. To what end?
If you believe it’s a actually an organized effort. I don’t. I think it’s a by product of our media. 30 years ago this would’ve just been a really bad flu season. Now it’s a hysteria.
Posted on 3/8/20 at 10:41 pm to SquatchDawg
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We’ve had 500 cases and 32 deaths in the US out of 300 million people!
This is a really good video on why people are concerned about how this could escalate really quickly.
It seems really small now, but it could become a national crisis in a month or two if we can't slow the growth.
LINK
Posted on 3/8/20 at 11:39 pm to SquatchDawg
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think it’s a by product of our media. 30 years ago this would’ve just been a really bad flu season. Now it’s a hysteria.
This looks more serious by the day. This has potential to be far far worse than a bad flu season. News can’t create that situation.
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