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  • iMago
    iMago Posts: 8,714 Member
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    miss_zita_2020 wrote: »
    One of my coworkers is self-isolating at home because he has the symptoms......

    IT BEGINS

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  • TwitchyMacGee
    TwitchyMacGee Posts: 3,120 Member
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    https://www.yahoo.com/news/key-u-health-agency-suffers-131126244.html
  • iMago
    iMago Posts: 8,714 Member
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    TwitchyMacGee wrote: »
    https://www.yahoo.com/news/key-u-health-agency-suffers-131126244.html

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  • OpheliaCooter
    OpheliaCooter Posts: 1,635 Member
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    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
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    Wondering if anyone else played MegaRace in the mid 90s
  • nels5850
    nels5850 Posts: 76 Member
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    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
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    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: 20,492 Member
    edited March 2020
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    GettinLean19 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 ??







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  • vanityy99
    vanityy99 Posts: 2,583 Member
    edited March 2020
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    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: 20,492 Member
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    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
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    The way some folks completely miss the point. 🤷🏼‍♀️
  • GettinLean19
    GettinLean19 Posts: 452 Member
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    Motorsheen wrote: »
    GettinLean19 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 ??







    .

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