Re:2009 flu pandemic in the United States
by keiferski on Monday March 16, 2020 @02:59AM
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As someone that is trying to wade through all the misinformation and hysteria, these kinds of comments that throw out numbers with zero sources and zero commentary are useless at best. If you're going to post statistical information (e.g. the virus has a 2% fatality rate) then link to the organization or study which said so.
Re:2009 flu pandemic in the United States
by debaserab2 on Monday March 16, 2020 @03:05AM
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There's no statistical information in the comment you're replying to...
Re:2009 flu pandemic in the United States
by keiferski on Monday March 16, 2020 @03:06AM
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The comment I'm replying to is a response to the one above it and assumes a certain fatality rate, which is presented with no sources.
Re:2009 flu pandemic in the United States
by TaylorGood on Monday March 16, 2020 @03:02AM
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Agreed! Thanks to Twitter I caught the severity of this "early" and about two weeks ago had my WTF moment. Felt like I was in the middle of an eartquake for a good hour. A switch flipped. For business and personal life I knew that I had to change up just about everything in order to address and ride through this as best as possible.
Here is something I posted a week ago about the social landscape that still holds true unfortunately:
Twitter: oh shit
Instagram: what virus
Facebook: you’re overreacting
In person: toilet paper!!!!
I'm shocked there are so many people treating covid-19 as if it's just the flu. Our medical system is going to be strained to the breaking point. It's a big fucking deal.
There's a dog park with booze just outside my window, and it's packed to the brim with hipsters day after day. None of them care. The bars are overflowing with the St. Patrick's Day crowd.
Insane.
Why are so many people nonchalant? Can't they imagine how this situation plays out?