U.S. Meat Supply Is 'Perilously Close' to a Shortage, CEO Warns

Re:U.S. Meat Supply Is 'Perilously Close' to a Shortage, CEO... by mr_spothawk on Monday April 13, 2020 @02:48PM (#22858709)

I don't want a mask, or a test. I just want to be left alone to get a bad cough once in a while.

Remind me again how many flu deaths we had this season?

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Re:U.S. Meat Supply Is 'Perilously Close' to a Shortage, CEO... by mikeyouse on Monday April 13, 2020 @02:58PM (#22858853)

Check out flu deaths vs. COVID deaths in New York for the past couple years:

That's with a complete lockdown. What do you think that chart would look like if people were just 'left alone to get a bad cough'?

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Re:U.S. Meat Supply Is 'Perilously Close' to a Shortage, CEO... by mr_spothawk on Tuesday April 14, 2020 @01:01AM (#22862896)

> What do you think that chart would look like if people were just 'left alone to get a bad cough'?

quite similar if it's as contagious as we're told.

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Re:U.S. Meat Supply Is 'Perilously Close' to a Shortage, CEO... by Animats on Monday April 13, 2020 @03:04PM (#22858927)

Flu (2020): About 600 deaths per day at peak, 14,000 total in US.

Coronavirus: 1400-2000 deaths per day now, 23,000 total so far, still climbing.[2]

USA #1 in coronavirus deaths! [1]

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Re:U.S. Meat Supply Is 'Perilously Close' to a Shortage, CEO... by mr_spothawk on Wednesday April 15, 2020 @12:40AM (#22874575)

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Re:U.S. Meat Supply Is 'Perilously Close' to a Shortage, CEO... by mr_spothawk on Tuesday April 14, 2020 @01:18AM (#22862963)

seems easy to get counted as a COVID death, ya?

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Re:U.S. Meat Supply Is 'Perilously Close' to a Shortage, CEO... by gameswithgo on Monday April 13, 2020 @02:52PM (#22858772)

covid is currently killing more people per day than the flu on a bad season, and that's with a lockdown.

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