Re:NBA suspends season over the coronavirus after player tes...
by jkhaui on Thursday March 12, 2020 @06:54AM
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So in other words: "who cares, the virus only kills old people who were probably useless to the economy anyway, so business as usual."
I sure hope you don't have any elderly family members. Plenty of people in their 40s have died too
Re:NBA suspends season over the coronavirus after player tes...
by Thorentis on Thursday March 12, 2020 @09:48PM
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Not what I said. Those most vulnerable should stay at home. No reason for the rest of us too of we are very low risk.
Re:NBA suspends season over the coronavirus after player tes...
by wolfd on Thursday March 12, 2020 @04:23AM
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Old people in nursing homes don't get out much, and yet they're the ones that are dying. The fact is that the virus spreads because people don't always die from it, and so they go around spreading it to people who will. Most people probably won't know that they have it until they've spread it to 3 more people.
Your strategy will probably keep you alive, but the same is not guaranteed for many millions of people that are old or with immune system complications.
Re:NBA suspends season over the coronavirus after player tes...
by arcticbull on Thursday March 12, 2020 @04:54AM
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Well with an R0 of ~2 your speculation of at least 3 is definitely wrong.
Just because people over 70 won't be going to them, doesn't mean the rest of us won't be. Besides, once I've had cornavirus - which could well be inevitable - I'll no longer be scared for it and will head back out. So will everybody else.
To be honest, the best way to avoid a severe economic impact is to accept you'll most likely get it, and rather than killing businesses by staying inside, just got on with your life, stay fit and healthy, and hope for the best. You're more likely to be killed driving your car, so carry on living!