The Coronavirus

[Bob Butler 54]

(05-17-2020, 09:16 PM)Kinser79 Wrote: 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.

Probably not.  He comes up with his thoughts from weird places, but they are his own.  I don't see him as connected to reality enough to read and spout the taking points of the day for any organization.  He is just not an organization sort of guy.

(05-17-2020, 09:16 PM)Kinser79 Wrote: 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.

The facts on the ground say the climate is warmer in the south than in New York.  If climate was the driving factor right now, New York would not be having fewer cases, the southern states more.  It must be another factor, such as the stricter isolation policies

But if you value money over grandma, you ignore the facts.

(05-17-2020, 09:16 PM)Kinser79 Wrote: 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.

Can't argue that they want to get rid of Trump.  He is preventing the medical response and flirts with loyalty to a foreign power.  Just ordinary politics would be enough.  They have more than enough reasons to dump Trump.

(05-17-2020, 09:16 PM)Kinser79 Wrote: 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.

Right.  The climate is warmer down south than in the northeast.  And you claim Eric is detached from reality?

Coumo's point of the day was that government and society could only do so much.  Individuals have to take their responsibilities seriously for maximum isolation.  In Massachusetts, mothers are dropping kids off at the closed malls to socialize.  They are holding sleepovers for the kids.  In many places the conservative protesters are ignoring social distancing and PPE.  You just can't achieve maximum isolation when some individuals are more concerned with themselves than the community.

The higher R0 gets, the longer we have to keep the economy locked down.  If you don't take isolation seriously, you make this all the more painful.