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  • Unknown
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  • GettinLean19
    GettinLean19 Posts: 452 Member
    edited March 2020
    The to do list I didn’t finish last week seems absurdly unimportant this week
  • tinak33
    tinak33 Posts: 9,883 Member
    I think I need more coffee....
  • iMago
    iMago Posts: 8,714 Member
    One of my coworkers is self-isolating at home because he has the symptoms......

    IT BEGINS

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  • OpheliaCooter
    OpheliaCooter Posts: 1,635 Member
    My cat Viera is so *kitten* weird. I’ve never had a cat that likes to chew on things like she does. She chews the corners of our wood table and was just now trying to chew on a wooden pendant. As I was typing this she was chewing my charger.
  • GettinLean19
    GettinLean19 Posts: 452 Member
    Wondering if anyone else played MegaRace in the mid 90s
  • nels5850
    nels5850 Posts: 76 Member
    Motorsheen wrote: »
    I was thinking.....


    H1N1 (2009/2010)
    US cases ~ 60.8 million
    US deaths : 22,469

    Panic level : chilled

    Then:

    Corona (2020)
    US cases ~ a few thousand
    US deaths : a few hundred

    Panic level : mass hysteria & economic collapse


    Why the change of attitude ??

    I think the media has been a big part of it. CNN is all Corona all the time.
  • honeybee__12
    honeybee__12 Posts: 15,688 Member
    Motorsheen wrote: »
    I was thinking.....


    H1N1 (2009/2010)
    US cases ~ 60.8 million
    US deaths : 22,469

    Panic level : chilled

    Then:

    Corona (2020)
    US cases ~ a few thousand
    US deaths : a few hundred

    Panic level : mass hysteria & economic collapse


    Why the change of attitude ??

    I agree.
    Ex and I were talking about this.
    What is so different this time?
    What are they not telling us?
    Why didn’t this happen during H1N1?
    my ex is convinced he caught H1N1 at the time.

  • Motorsheen
    Motorsheen Posts: 20,508 Member
    edited March 2020
    Motorsheen wrote: »
    I was thinking.....


    H1N1 (2009/2010)
    US cases ~ 60.8 million
    US deaths : 22,469

    Panic level : chilled

    Then:

    Corona (2020)
    US cases ~ a few thousand
    US deaths : a few hundred

    Panic level : mass hysteria & economic collapse


    Why the change of attitude ??

    Picture a graph where your x axis is lethality and y axis is rate of transmission, then break it into quadrants. Upper left is chickenpox, low lethality but super rapid spread. Lower right is ebola. Low transmission but high lethality. The upper right quadrant is the worst one to be in and that’s where you’d find measles, polio and smallpox. Lower left is the best case scenario then.

    That’s where H1N1 can be found.

    This coronavirus is still unknown but best research puts it somewhere on that diagonal line that goes through lower left to upper right. Problem is, they don’t know exactly where yet. They currently have it somewhere between smallpox/measles/polio and h1n1. Like right in the middle. Moderate spread, moderate lethality. Considerably worse than h1n1 in both regards.

    So consider h1n1 to be kinda like a practice exam they failed because they were too chill about it. And maybe this virus will be yet another practice test for an even nastier one.

    Personally I’m glad they’re taking some guidance from prior epidemics. I mean h1n1 killed that many people?! Sheeesh


    Let's say, for the sake of argument, that somebody was in the woods over the weekend doing something they shouldn't have been doing.....


    Where would poison oak fit into that little graph of yours ??







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  • vanityy99
    vanityy99 Posts: 2,583 Member
    edited March 2020
    Motorsheen wrote: »
    I was thinking.....


    H1N1 (2009/2010)
    US cases ~ 60.8 million
    US deaths : 22,469

    Panic level : chilled

    Then:

    Corona (2020)
    US cases ~ a few thousand
    US deaths : a few hundred

    Panic level : mass hysteria & economic collapse


    Why the change of attitude ??

    It doesn’t make sense to you that 60 million / got sick ended up dying because everyone was so “chilled” ...

    Now people want to be more prepared and take precaution? So that millions don’t have to die???
  • Motorsheen
    Motorsheen Posts: 20,508 Member
    iMago wrote: »
    nels5850 wrote: »
    Motorsheen wrote: »
    I was thinking.....


    H1N1 (2009/2010)
    US cases ~ 60.8 million
    US deaths : 22,469

    Panic level : chilled

    Then:

    Corona (2020)
    US cases ~ a few thousand
    US deaths : a few hundred

    Panic level : mass hysteria & economic collapse


    Why the change of attitude ??

    I think the media has been a big part of it. CNN is all Corona all the time.
    Motorsheen wrote: »
    nels5850 wrote: »
    Motorsheen wrote: »
    I was thinking.....


    H1N1 (2009/2010)
    US cases ~ 60.8 million
    US deaths : 22,469

    Panic level : chilled

    Then:

    Corona (2020)
    US cases ~ a few thousand
    US deaths : a few hundred

    Panic level : mass hysteria & economic collapse


    Why the change of attitude ??

    I think the media has been a big part of it. CNN is all Corona all the time.

    yeah.... you're probably right.

    I was listening to NPR and they were talking about the collapse of the US Economy.

    ..... they sounded happy (if not giddy) about it.

    weird, right?

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    I don't believe in conspiracies or star chambers.



    .... but you're probably right.
  • honeybee__12
    honeybee__12 Posts: 15,688 Member
    The way some folks completely miss the point. 🤷🏼‍♀️
  • GettinLean19
    GettinLean19 Posts: 452 Member
    Motorsheen wrote: »
    Motorsheen wrote: »
    I was thinking.....


    H1N1 (2009/2010)
    US cases ~ 60.8 million
    US deaths : 22,469

    Panic level : chilled

    Then:

    Corona (2020)
    US cases ~ a few thousand
    US deaths : a few hundred

    Panic level : mass hysteria & economic collapse


    Why the change of attitude ??

    Picture a graph where your x axis is lethality and y axis is rate of transmission, then break it into quadrants. Upper left is chickenpox, low lethality but super rapid spread. Lower right is ebola. Low transmission but high lethality. The upper right quadrant is the worst one to be in and that’s where you’d find measles, polio and smallpox. Lower left is the best case scenario then.

    That’s where H1N1 can be found.

    This coronavirus is still unknown but best research puts it somewhere on that diagonal line that goes through lower left to upper right. Problem is, they don’t know exactly where yet. They currently have it somewhere between smallpox/measles/polio and h1n1. Like right in the middle. Moderate spread, moderate lethality. Considerably worse than h1n1 in both regards.

    So consider h1n1 to be kinda like a practice exam they failed because they were too chill about it. And maybe this virus will be yet another practice test for an even nastier one.

    Personally I’m glad they’re taking some guidance from prior epidemics. I mean h1n1 killed that many people?! Sheeesh


    Let's say, for the sake of argument, that somebody was in the woods over the weekend doing something they shouldn't have been doing.....


    Where would poison oak fit into that little graph of yours ??







    .

    DON’T POKE FUN AT MY AFTERNOON ART PROJECT
  • Motorsheen
    Motorsheen Posts: 20,508 Member
    vanityy99 wrote: »
    Motorsheen wrote: »
    I was thinking.....


    H1N1 (2009/2010)
    US cases ~ 60.8 million
    US deaths : 22,469

    Panic level : chilled

    Then:

    Corona (2020)
    US cases ~ a few thousand
    US deaths : a few hundred

    Panic level : mass hysteria & economic collapse


    Why the change of attitude ??

    It doesn’t make sense to you that 60 million / got sick ended up dying because everyone was so “chilled” ...

    Now people want to be more prepared and take precaution? So that millions don’t have to die???

    Sheesh,

    Okay, for the sake of clarity, why was the media so chill during the time that 60 million people died ?

    Were those lives, in 2009, of less value than the ones today ?
  • Mr_Healthy_Habits
    Mr_Healthy_Habits Posts: 12,588 Member
    I saw an article that said as of yesterday 73000 people have been known to recover, while 5800 have died...

    By these numbers, that's a survival rate of 92%, so if 60.8m were infected... We could be looking at as many as 4.86m deaths...

    Granted the unknown is how many people have already had it and recovered without even knowing they had it...

    But let's take just 10% of that number... It's still 486,000 deaths... 21.5x the death rate of h1n1
  • GettinLean19
    GettinLean19 Posts: 452 Member
    Motorsheen wrote: »
    vanityy99 wrote: »
    Motorsheen wrote: »
    I was thinking.....


    H1N1 (2009/2010)
    US cases ~ 60.8 million
    US deaths : 22,469

    Panic level : chilled

    Then:

    Corona (2020)
    US cases ~ a few thousand
    US deaths : a few hundred

    Panic level : mass hysteria & economic collapse


    Why the change of attitude ??

    It doesn’t make sense to you that 60 million / got sick ended up dying because everyone was so “chilled” ...

    Now people want to be more prepared and take precaution? So that millions don’t have to die???

    Sheesh,

    Okay, for the sake of clarity, why was the media so chill during the time that 60 million people died ?

    Were those lives, in 2009, of less value than the ones today ?

    I was talking to my mom about this this past weekend. Specifically i was saying “remember how worked up they were about the h1n1 virus? That was all the news talked about for months” and she said she didn’t remember the media talking about it really at all. Interesting that we have a different memory of it. Curious how others remember it..
  • Motorsheen
    Motorsheen Posts: 20,508 Member
    Motorsheen wrote: »
    vanityy99 wrote: »
    Motorsheen wrote: »
    I was thinking.....


    H1N1 (2009/2010)
    US cases ~ 60.8 million
    US deaths : 22,469

    Panic level : chilled

    Then:

    Corona (2020)
    US cases ~ a few thousand
    US deaths : a few hundred

    Panic level : mass hysteria & economic collapse


    Why the change of attitude ??

    It doesn’t make sense to you that 60 million / got sick ended up dying because everyone was so “chilled” ...

    Now people want to be more prepared and take precaution? So that millions don’t have to die???

    Sheesh,

    Okay, for the sake of clarity, why was the media so chill during the time that 60 million people died ?

    Were those lives, in 2009, of less value than the ones today ?

    I was talking to my mom about this this past weekend. Specifically i was saying “remember how worked up they were about the h1n1 virus? That was all the news talked about for months” and she said she didn’t remember the media talking about it really at all. Interesting that we have a different memory of it. Curious how others remember it..

    Maybe I was busy doing other things.... but I can't remember much conversation at all about H1N1.

    I'm not saying that there wasn't, I just would have remembered if the markets had tanked and if curfews had been enacted, that's all.
  • vanityy99
    vanityy99 Posts: 2,583 Member
    The way some folks completely miss the point. 🤷🏼‍♀️

    Talking about anyone in particular?
  • Motorsheen
    Motorsheen Posts: 20,508 Member
    I saw an article that said as of yesterday 73000 people have been known to recover, while 5800 have died...

    By these numbers, that's a survival rate of 92%, so if 60.8m were infected... We could be looking at as many as 4.86m deaths...

    Granted the unknown is how many people have already had it and recovered without even knowing they had it...

    But let's take just 10% of that number... It's still 486,000 deaths... 21.5x the death rate of h1n1


    Here is a very, very good site to track the number of infections, deaths and recoveries:

    https://www.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6


    Let's hope that we 'nip this in the bud' here stateside, but it might be too late for that as well.