The Coronavirus

[Eric the Green]

(05-07-2020, 10:28 PM)Classic-Xer Wrote:

(05-07-2020, 05:09 PM)David Horn Wrote: So, I assume you think you're bulletproof.  That wasn't the case in 1919-20, when the urban part of the Spanish Flu petered out, but the flu marched on into the less populated areas and wreaked havoc there.  True, some areas dodged the bullet entirely, but some cities had little flu as well. Are you a gambler?

I'm not bullet proof. I'm not worried about COVID19 killing me.  As far as I know, it's 2020 and we've advanced quite a bit since the last pandemic. My grandparents survived the last one. I'm living proof of that fact. The last pandemic delayed my grandfather's deployment to France during World War I. I've got a picture of him and some buddies wearing their Dough Boy uniforms after completing basic training.

Quite a few survived the 1918 flu pandemic, vast as it was. My 4 grandparents survived and lived in less-urban states that are now red states. My grandfathers were too old for World War I, I guess. 

I don't know if we've advanced too far, if we have allowed ourselves to become the epicenter of the pandemic because of backward libertarian-economics Republican policies. The best hope is that we have advanced in our ability to develop vaccines. Once our still-advanced scientists have developed this, how well will our backward government and economy distribute it to all the people? Will only the rich and insured get it? And how many will die in the red-state opened economies in the meantime?

Back when we had a genuine government, the USA was able to rid itself of diseases such as polio and measles. Now, thanks to rampant conspiracy theory mentality that has developed in the Republican era, measles is making a comeback.

Quote:Not bad for a guess. As you now see, Spain's population is significantly lower than ours. So, you should/can expect our numbers to be higher/worse than theirs from here on.

And worse per Million population as well, since in new cases the USA is already higher per 1M pop than Spain's. Or did you see that?