skevinp Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 9 hours ago, Cappybara said: I am interested to see how much people are fixated on the idea of whether people live or die from the disease. With some victims suffering from different levels of anosmia (and as a result, mild ageusia) well after the rest of their symptoms have subsided, as well as reports of permanent lung damage in other cases, why treat this lightly? Just because it doesn't immediately send us to the Grim Reaper? Caution is always the best policy as a leader with the responsibility of managing the health and safety of others, especially kids. Until we know more about the after-effects of COVID-19, why take the risk? Kids are still going to be able to receive an education online and there are more important things in life than marching band. I certainly wouldn’t want to lose my sense of taste. Though I guess I could always become a modern DCI show designer. 1 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg_orangecounty Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 22 minutes ago, skevinp said: I certainly wouldn’t want to lose my sense of taste. Though I guess I could always become a modern DCI show designer. Bwahahaha! Rack him! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Lancer Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 23 minutes ago, skevinp said: I certainly wouldn’t want to lose my sense of taste. Though I guess I could always become a modern DCI show designer. Ouch! That’ll leave a mark! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cixelsyd Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 (edited) 12 hours ago, N.E. Brigand said: In case you missed it: "In congressional testimony on June 30, Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases, addressed questions around children and the coronavirus. 'We don't really know, exactly, what the efficiency of spread is' among children. The NIH, Fauci mentioned, is currently studying 2,000 families to understand the rate of infection for children and 'how often they infect their families.' During the testimony, [CDC director Dr. Robert] Redfield also mentioned that the CDC is currently studying households to understand what role children play in passing the virus on. 'We don't know the impact that children have yet on the transmission cycle,' Redfield said." Well, at least this time they are admitting what they do not know. Meanwhile, other countries have completed their studies, determined plans of action, and reopened schools. Add that to the list of what Fauci and Redfield do not know. Edited July 13, 2020 by cixelsyd xcannot type xcleanly, adjusting to new keyboard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.E. Brigand Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 (edited) 3 hours ago, cixelsyd said: Well, at least this time they are admitting what they do not know. Meanwhile, other countries have completed their studies, determined plans of action, and reopened schools. Add that to the list of what Fauxci and Redfield do not know. Last week, one of Israel's top health experts testified to the Knesset that a major reason for Israel's cases nearing 1,000 per day, after their lockdown got that rate down to 10 per day in May, is that they reopened the schools. Edited to add: By contrast, there is a study out of Iceland that found no parents infected by their Covid-positive children. However, it's important to note that study examined a total of 38 cases, which is a pretty small sample size. Edited July 13, 2020 by N.E. Brigand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUARDLING Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 (edited) 37 minutes ago, cixelsyd said: Well, at least this time they are admitting what they do not know. Meanwhile, other countries have completed their studies, determined plans of action, and reopened schools. Add that to the list of what Fauxci and Redfield do not know. aren't those countries at a few hundred cases verses close to 70 thousand here? I would think thats quite different...just askin...I thought I saw Germany, Norway and others who have re-opend were very low Youre right these Dr.s don;t know everything or where this might go BUT I will put my eggs in that basket verses the alternative.. Actually hard to follow or believe either at this point. Edited July 13, 2020 by GUARDLING 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Lancer Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 (edited) 38 minutes ago, cixelsyd said: Well, at least this time they are admitting what they do not know. Meanwhile, other countries have completed their studies, determined plans of action, and reopened schools. Add that to the list of what Fauxci and Redfield do not know. Please, can we dial the snark back a smidge? I would love to keep up the discussion; I think it is complicated and important. I don’t want it to be shut it down. Edited July 13, 2020 by Jurassic Lancer 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.E. Brigand Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 Some genuinely good news: for the first time since March, yesterday New York City reported zero new coronavirus cases. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skevinp Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 29 minutes ago, N.E. Brigand said: Some genuinely good news: for the first time since March, yesterday New York City reported zero new coronavirus cases. I think you probably mean zero new deaths. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAvery Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 On 7/11/2020 at 11:31 PM, N.E. Brigand said: Not sure what you consider biased (I certainly consider Scott Adams biased, to put it mildly) but this article in Nature suggests the infecton fatality rate of Covid-19 is in the range of 0.5% and 1.0% (for comparison: the rate for seasonal inluenza is 0.1%), while listing a number of caveats. According to numbers on the CDC website the mortality rate in the US is 4.2%. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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