The Coronavirus

[Kinser79]

(05-17-2020, 08:35 PM)Bob Butler 54 Wrote:

(05-17-2020, 07:59 PM)Kinser79 Wrote: I see.  Then you are then perhaps as connected to reality as Eric is.  Given that it seems he lost vital brain cells smoking LSD during the 60s or something that doesn't bode well for our future together.

I part ways with Eric as soon as he starts into astrology, but on the virus he has pretty much done his homework.

I highly doubt that Eric did any homework in relation to the virus other than reading the Blue Talking Points of the day. Which of course explains why you would conclude he did this supposed homework.

I've dealt with Eric for years. I'm fairly certain he is only connected to reality sporadically and when he does say something astute he is usually quoting someone else. For you I have higher expectations, maybe my optimism won't let me down, this time.

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(05-17-2020, 07:59 PM)Kinser79 Wrote: https://www.nydailynews.com/coronavirus/...story.html

Conclusion the lockdown is obviously not working.  Further it is damaging the economy as well as not working.  Those sorts of results would make most people question if opening back up and letting it run its course is not a better option.  Maybe if there was some country that tried that.   *Glares at Sweden*

The actual conclusion to the article is as follows.

Quote:While New York may have the virus “on retreat,” Cuomo again warned against acting too fast.

“It reinforces what we’ve been saying, which is: Much of this comes down to what you can do to protect yourself,” he said. “Everything is closed down, government has done everything it could, society has done everything it could, now it’s up to you.”

It is good to see that you approve of Official Propaganda coming directly from Governor Carona rather than the facts on the ground. If these people are socially distancing, wearing the masks, and doing all the other proscribed things then they shouldn't be getting infected. Yet they are. Ergo the virus is not in retreat anymore than it should be anyway as the season changes and temperature and humidity rises. There is a reason why Cold And Flu Season doesn't happen in Summer after all.

Quote:That's pretty much the blue line, the line of those who value life over dollars.  It is the vantage point of Cuomo, one of those at the forefront of the blue perspective on the virus.

No the Blue line can be summed up pretty simply. Orange man is bad. Must get rid of Bad Orange Man. Orange Man is a Money President...deprive people of money and then they will hate him and pick our alternative no matter how much worse he would be.

Dimocrats are not known for being deep thinkers after all.

Quote:Now, telling the difference between someone who lies and someone who chooses to live in a fantasy world to support his values is hard.  I don't generally come down hard one way or another.  I just point out that both are bad.  

In the case above, lying about the conclusion of the article, it is hard not to come up with a conclusion.

I would argue that Warren is likely living in his own fantasy world. He says things which quite frankly don't make a whole lot of sense to me either, and I am just not sure where he gets them from either. Bad or not bad, I've accepted that I usually have to take whatever he says with some salt, and verify. Pretty much like I do with you Blues. I'm sure my demands for "sauce" get tiresome--one of the reasons why I'm not very welcome among the Democratic Party locally these days.

In the case above I read the article. Thought about it, and concluded that they reported Governor Carona's talking point du jour while simultaneously indicating that people supposedly doing all the things they are told to do to prevent the spread of the virus are still getting it. So one has to either conclude that those people are lying about staying at home and etc, or one has to conclude that the lock down isn't actually working to contain the spread any more than would naturally occur due to Spring. Occam's Razor here indicates that the latter is the better answer.

Nice try there Bob but continuing in this vein might result in me busting out with some of Ronald Reagan's lines.