garfield Posted June 12, 2020 Share Posted June 12, 2020 3 hours ago, MikeRapp said: I think we are about to see a return to normal. OMG! WHAT??!! THIS DOES NOT FIT THE NARRATIVE! BAN HIM! (/sarcasm because someone will report whatever is posted) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeRapp Posted June 12, 2020 Share Posted June 12, 2020 (edited) 3 hours ago, IllianaLancerContra said: I hope so. But, as they say in Texas ‘You can hope in one hand & spit in the other & see which one fills up first. I suppose as well that ‘normal’ requires definition - I define normal as like we were in January 2020 After /911, we said people would never fly again. Now we take our shoes off and go through a scanner and get on airplanes by the millions. The human race is very resilient, we adapt like no other species. We will adapt and move forward. And the news media will go back to their normal jobs of having to sell ads without a panic attack. My parents lived through the polio pandemic, we had a president who is in a wheelchair paralyzed because of it. Parents would not let their kids swim in public swimming pools, or drink out of water fountains. And this was when there was a realistic chance of getting polio, and being paralyzed for life or dying within months.This was decades before the advancements we have in medical science today. We got a vaccine, everyone took it and still takes it today, and no one even thinks about polio anymore. Edited June 12, 2020 by MikeRapp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdaddy Posted June 12, 2020 Share Posted June 12, 2020 3 hours ago, MikeRapp said: I think we are about to see a return to normal. If "normal" means "continuing to be encouraged by the CDC to wear masks and practice social distancing," then I agree completely. These guidelines were just published today: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/daily-life-coping/activities.html 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAvery Posted June 13, 2020 Share Posted June 13, 2020 14 hours ago, MikeRapp said: People die from all sorts of things, including one of the many strains of influenza that spread all over the world every spring. We could manufacture vaccines for all of the flu viruses every year, and all mutations, but the cost would be in the trillions and therefore doing so would be financially infeasible. We accept that people will get sick and some will die. That is life. Always has been and always will be. The fact is the vast majority, over 98%, of people who contract Covid 19 recover fine and most don’t even know they contracted it. The unique aspect of this virus is it is three times more contagious than the flu and it takes three times longer to recover: 3 weeks vs 1. This is likely due to the fact that the human race has no immunity to this particular strain. So if you have diabetes, heart disease and/or are obese, it is far more likely you will develop double pneumonia—which is what almost all fatalities result from. The unique aspect of this virus is that its killing 40k Americans each month. The fact that we can rationalize that into some sort of normalcy is disappointing. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeRapp Posted June 13, 2020 Share Posted June 13, 2020 7 hours ago, DAvery said: The unique aspect of this virus is that its killing 40k Americans each month. The fact that we can rationalize that into some sort of normalcy is disappointing. https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/coronavirus-deaths-united-states-each-day-2020-n1177936 40,000 Americans are not dying from this each month. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garfield Posted June 13, 2020 Share Posted June 13, 2020 18 minutes ago, MikeRapp said: https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/coronavirus-deaths-united-states-each-day-2020-n1177936 40,000 Americans are not dying from this each month. What's an extra zero and a little exaggeration when you're trying to make a point? Math is hard, mistakes are easy, accuracy is optional. Heh. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimF-LowBari Posted June 13, 2020 Share Posted June 13, 2020 Wow trying to lessen this tragedy by arguing over numbers and making jokes about it. Think I’m stepping away from dcp for a while. Only difference between what is going on now and death of my wife is she caught the regular flu and not coronavirus 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cappybara Posted June 13, 2020 Share Posted June 13, 2020 2 hours ago, JimF-LowBari said: Wow trying to lessen this tragedy by arguing over numbers and making jokes about it. Think I’m stepping away from dcp for a while. Only difference between what is going on now and death of my wife is she caught the regular flu and not coronavirus Sorry for your loss. Will miss your presence on here. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
year1buick Posted June 13, 2020 Share Posted June 13, 2020 20 hours ago, IllianaLancerContra said: I hope so. But, as they say in Texas ‘You can hope in one hand & spit in the other & see which one fills up first. I suppose as well that ‘normal’ requires definition - I define normal as like we were in January 2020 That’s not exactly how I’ve heard it. But close enough. 🙂 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeRapp Posted June 13, 2020 Share Posted June 13, 2020 (edited) 3 hours ago, JimF-LowBari said: Wow trying to lessen this tragedy by arguing over numbers and making jokes about it. Think I’m stepping away from dcp for a while. Only difference between what is going on now and death of my wife is she caught the regular flu and not coronavirus I’m not arguing about numbers, I’m stating them. Edited June 13, 2020 by MikeRapp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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