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PoindexterOglethorpe

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24. And I am probably the only person on this board who isn't glued to the TV 24/7.

Thu Mar 26, 2020, 12:24 AM

Mar 2020

Which helps me keep things in perspective.

It also helps that I've read a lot of books on epidemiology and specific diseases, starting with And the Band Played On by Randy Shilts about the beginning of AIDS. Also The Great Influenza by John M. Barry. And The Coming Plague and Betrayal of Trust by Laurie Garrett. Plus a bunch of other books on the general topic.

So yeah, this is serious and the general shutting down of the country is probably a good thing, but this isn't the end of the world. And we are not all going to die. Not even all of us old fogies here.

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My Doc today: "If you had corona, you'd be dead now." Shit gets real in about a month, people won't [View all] Floyd R. Turbo Mar 2020 OP

Wow! dhol82 Mar 2020 #1

Yeah it is about to get insane BECAUSE of republicans, because of rump...GOP is still Eliot Rosewater Mar 2020 #2

Stay home and live. Please. emmaverybo Mar 2020 #5

+100. whathehell Mar 2020 #27

Eliot, the vast majority (85%) of those 80+ survive! whathehell Mar 2020 #29

Stay around for a while longer, if you don't mind GeoWilliam750 Mar 2020 #52

Take care, Floyd. Ohiogal Mar 2020 #3

Thanks. Floyd R. Turbo Mar 2020 #40

Psychotherapy is only by telehealth now in Washington state bluedye33139 Mar 2020 #4

They are training teacher who are on CA Lockdown BigmanPigman Mar 2020 #17

My niece and BIL are teachers and are teaching at Cha Mar 2020 #30

Most teachers aren't trained to teach this way BigmanPigman Mar 2020 #33

People don't understand how exponential curves work jberryhill Mar 2020 #6

I always liked the doubling of a penny every day for thirty days example. Vinnie From Indy Mar 2020 #8

Or the pond with lily pads MissB Mar 2020 #10

Fold a piece of paper MoonlitKnight Mar 2020 #14

Or rice on a chess board. panader0 Mar 2020 #45

Exponents should always be imaginary numbers. cos dem Mar 2020 #18

Imaginary numbers? customerserviceguy Mar 2020 #26

Today confirmed cases were thirty percent more than yesterday where I live. Floyd R. Turbo Mar 2020 #41

😳 That's so frightening. Check out my homemade protecy OhNo-Really Mar 2020 #7

My husband's doctor told him to go home and not come out for at least two months. kickitup Mar 2020 #9

So sorry! Cha Mar 2020 #31

How vicious to the economy can he be? misanthrope Mar 2020 #35

Try to find a hand lotion that has Stearyl Alcohol as the second or third Blue_true Mar 2020 #50

Why would he say something so extreme? Sugarcoated Mar 2020 #11

He's a realist. A practicing physician for more than thirty years. Floyd R. Turbo Mar 2020 #42

Because you had underlying health issues? Sugarcoated Mar 2020 #48

+1 Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2020 #51

Because it's probably true. N/T pdxflyboy Mar 2020 #12

I've said this before. Stonepounder Mar 2020 #13

Yes lpbk2713 Mar 2020 #15

Can I possibly point out that not everyone dies from this? PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2020 #16

It's just scary, that's all. A HERETIC I AM Mar 2020 #19

And I am probably the only person on this board who isn't glued to the TV 24/7. PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2020 #24

I don't watch the news either... a la izquierda Mar 2020 #39

My mother survived the Spanish Flu back when she was a young child. She used to tell me about CTyankee Mar 2020 #60

I'm more afraid of giving it than getting it Generic Brad Mar 2020 #20

+1 n/t Mister Ed Mar 2020 #38

Yes, about 85% of even the most vulnerable (age 80+) survive! whathehell Mar 2020 #28

I think I now understand why so many PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2020 #32

Yep! whathehell Mar 2020 #34

no. you're correct. stopdiggin Mar 2020 #37

Are you still comparing the COVID pandemic to the Y2K panic like you did a month ago? NickB79 Mar 2020 #47

Yeah. In that just as airplanes were not really ever going to fall out of the sky PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2020 #59

+1 obamanut2012 Mar 2020 #58

Where are you??? Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2020 #21

SoWest. Floyd R. Turbo Mar 2020 #43

Next week is about right Warpy Mar 2020 #22

I had a teleconference with my Doctor too for Sinus, safest way right now. sarcasmo Mar 2020 #23

what state are you in? TeamPooka Mar 2020 #25

SoWest. Floyd R. Turbo Mar 2020 #44

Just went and got about a month of food Nature Man Mar 2020 #36

Nice to see your monitor ink. MerryBlooms Mar 2020 #46

My brother said we could be moving to a DNR order similar to what Spain and Italy have. Initech Mar 2020 #49

A happy correction but still awful, have it at 1.33x instead of 1.43x Brainfodder Mar 2020 #53

That is horrid and true for now but misleading for the longer term PufPuf23 Mar 2020 #54

Yeah I agree, this will fall off, but we haven't peaked yet? Brainfodder Mar 2020 #55

The 2nd portion post establishment is exponential and PufPuf23 Mar 2020 #56

Yup and whoever is President now aint gonna be re-electable if even alive themselves! Brainfodder Mar 2020 #57

Sounds Like What I Had ProfessorGAC Mar 2020 #61