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2020-04-16 Science & Technology

No matter how you crunch the numbers, this pandemic is only just getting started

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Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-04-16 10:50|| || Front Page|| [15 views ] Top

#1 More cheery news. Maybe flattening the curve just prolonged the agony.

Posted by Bobby 2020-04-16 11:15|| 2020-04-16 11:15|| Front Page Top

#2 Quarantine the elderly and sick, let the rest of us get on with it.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2020-04-16 11:22|| 2020-04-16 11:22|| Front Page Top

#3 ^And quarantine these who take care of the elderly and sick?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-04-16 11:28|| 2020-04-16 11:28|| Front Page Top

#4 Maybe flattening the curve just prolonged the agony.

Maybe you missed the point of 'flattening the curve'. It will prolong the agony as secondary and tertiary ripples occur. 'Hopefully' the peak of those ripples will not exceed the capacity of the healthcare to care for the victims. That is the intent.

Posted by Skidmark 2020-04-16 11:42|| 2020-04-16 11:42|| Front Page Top

#5 And buy the time it takes to come up with a vaccine.

Posted by gorb 2020-04-16 13:24|| 2020-04-16 13:24|| Front Page Top

#6 Group punishment has never been just.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2020-04-16 13:58|| 2020-04-16 13:58|| Front Page Top

#7 ^Neither are the Laws of Nature.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-04-16 14:05|| 2020-04-16 14:05|| Front Page Top

#8 l has reported data from China

Isn't that where we came in?

Why should I put any credence in any stats from China or the modelers that drove this panic to begin with?

Posted by AlanC 2020-04-16 15:29|| 2020-04-16 15:29|| Front Page Top

#9 And buy the time it takes to come up with a vaccine.

As long as we have effective treatments, a vaccine is not necessary... though it would be awfully nice. We don’t have vaccines against headaches, after all.

Posted by trailing wife 2020-04-16 21:20|| 2020-04-16 21:20|| Front Page Top

#10 we do....don't marry her

*To my room*

Posted by Frank G 2020-04-16 21:35|| 2020-04-16 21:35|| Front Page Top

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