Almost one-third of Florida children tested are positive for the coronavirus

Re:Almost one-third of Florida children tested are positive ... by ashtonkem on Friday July 17, 2020 @04:59PM (#23875485)

> That's not a catastrophic failure at all; early (unrealistic, but that didn't stop our policy leaders from using them) estimates were forecasting 2.2 million dead, that's Ferguson's paper with a .9% IFR and 82% of pop. getting infected.

Honestly we might as well stop the conversation here. A quarter of a million extra dead isn't a failure? Wow. You and I just don't have anywhere close to the same values.

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Re:Almost one-third of Florida children tested are positive ... by __blockcipher__ on Friday July 17, 2020 @05:04PM (#23875537)

The difference is you think that mortality is avoidable. I don't. We're talking about the US, right? You still think containment is possible in the US? I am absolutely baffled.

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You have used the classic rhetorical technique of those on the "doom" faction: take a well-reasoned rebuttal, and reply with a single sentence implying I am callous for openly discussing mortality.

No, the callous ones are those that are imposing a dangerous and unprecedented regime of lockdown, and using fear and hysteria to do so.

Also your math is just wrong. An extra quarter million? We already hit 130k dead, that leaves 120k left "to go" with your number.

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