Coronavirus Thread: Worldwide Pandemic

[BigMoneyGrip]

 

[TheDarceKnight]

You have anything more than anecdotes? I didn't say that younger people can't catch it, I said that older people are the ones who will get serious complications. There's a good chance you have it right now without even knowing it. Also you're minimizing to cost to all this, we aren't just cancelling vacations ,the economy is being wrecked. Hopefully it will recover once this is all over, all im saying is there is a trade-off

Fair enough. Young people can get complications too, but admittedly your chances if you're younger are good.

I understand there's a trade off. I understand the economy is being wrecked. Breh, I am losing almost all of my income because of this. I teach BJJ/MMA/Wrestling to people. We closed our gym because we don't want to spread it. I don't have much supplementary income. I'm scared. But we can't in good conscience keep our gym open as a breeding ground to make society more sick. I hope we have enough money to stay in business. The students are saying (for now) they don't want to cancel their memberships and that they want to keep supporting the school. But we'll see how long that lasts.

I'm very much being hurt financially from this virus, but I still think we made the right decision by closing down the gym or now.

I get that you could't have known any of that, but my point is that I do understand the potential economic consequences.

 

[Czerka]

You make some good points but I disagree a few places too. The stuff I bolded is spot on.

The issue about hospitals being overwhelmed is not overhyped. I have 1 friend in the CDC and another in the private sector working for a task-force to fight this virus. Both of them were talking to me on the phone back in February, and hospital beds is one of the first big things they were worried about. These are smart, qualified guys with important jobs.

There's a direct link between beds and the fatality rate. When we run out of the ability to give people external ventilation, the amount of lives that we can save drastically reduces. That's why it's crucial for everyone to do their best (especially younger people) to try to be self-reliant in the coming months, and try to not bog down our health care system unless they really need to get help. Ie. if you have a head cold, tough it out and treat the symptoms. And even if you get flu-symptoms, self quarantine and self-treat until you experience more serious symptoms.

I'm on board with that. If you are under 60 and with a clean medical history you should NOT be goin to the hospital if you get symptoms.

 

[TheDarceKnight]

Powerful stuff!

I don't want Americans to die but I want a wake up call for us to catch up to the rest of the 1st world. We have GOT to fix the fukking health care system in this country.

 

[TheDarceKnight]

I'm on board with that. If you are under 60 and with a clean medical history you should NOT be goin to the hospital if you get symptoms.

For sure. Not to mention you could go and not actually have Covid-19...and then end up getting it from someone there that has it.

 

[Poetical Poltergeist]

What's crazy is, this cloud you can feel it coming. You could feel it getting closer. And then all of a sudden.... bam it's here!

The past 3 years have been absolutely fukking ludicrous.

 

[Tommy Fits]

such as

The city is going to quarantine, metro North, lirr, subway will be shut down, only emergency response vehicles allowed in the road

 

[Hood Critic]

I know this point has been beat to death but its still kind of amazing to see visually considering how we always pride ourselves as the top of the top.

We're a legit fraud and that's mostly because a fraud is in charge.

 

[blotter]

 

[TheDarceKnight]

Yeah, my Mom doesn't want her Mom to risk infection, she's 90. I don't want to lose money, I can take a month, two, off, but I am losing significant income, and incurring costs in the meanwhile. I'll ask her seriously, and see what her take is. Maybe I am being paranoid, reading NY Times and watching local press conference all day. There's an entire population who knows about these things, but isn't concerned at all. I wish for that ignorance. Sometimes.

You aren't being paranoid. You're being smart.

Keep up the good work breh. No sarcasm.

 

[Ku$h Parker]

The Blazing Hot Takes that will come from Trump's L to the Reaper

 

[MoneyTron]

I don't doubt that he has it. Been in contact with way too many people that were infected.

 

[blotter]

 

[Poetical Poltergeist]

 

[nyknick]

I know this point has been beat to death but its still kind of amazing to see visually considering how we always pride ourselves as the top of the top.

We're a legit fraud and that's mostly because a fraud is in charge.

No need to worry anymore Jared Kushner is on it