Who thinks the US WANTS the Coronavirus (Covid19 just sounds clunky) to get bad?
Though Jed has spoken well about the baffling ignorance politicians have with respect to science... Still, I have heard so many times about how the US makes faulty tests, isn't testing people, only a few states can test, false negatives... This is rife for that Archer meme, "Do you want X, Because this is how you get X". level 4 CollegeSuperSenior <https://www.reddit.com/user/CollegeSuperSenior/> 615 points·2 hours ago <https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/fdyxpu/italy_says_its_had_41_new_covid19_deaths_in_just/fjl3679/> No joke. I work in US healthcare and have helped patients who have traveled to infected countries and are showing symptoms but we have not done any testing for covid-19. I am starting to get a terrible cough myself but I wont be tested and will not be allowed to take any sick leave unless I am dying and 100% unable to make it to work. This means the US is looking at a massive outbreak which won't be killing at the nominal mortality rate, but at a rate closer to the serious rate that requires hospitalization, but where there isn't real possibility of that. Basically, Iran is a look at the future for the US. On Fri, 6 Mar 2020 at 09:15, <[email protected]> wrote: > In reply to Terry Blanton's message of Thu, 5 Mar 2020 14:44:46 -0500: > Hi, > [snip] > >$2.4T World GDP loss? Hah! The stockmarket lost $6T last week alone. > > BTW stock market losses don't really count, because there is a winner for > every loser. The net impact is small. GDP > losses OTOH imply a loss of production. That is a real loss, though what > remains will be spread over less people, so the > net effect per head of population may not be too severe. > > > > > > https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/stock-market-selloff-impact-americans-3-charts-not-immediate-impact-2020-2-1028952948 > > > > > >On Thu, Mar 5, 2020 at 11:06 AM Frank Znidarsic <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > >> > >> > https://www.yahoo.com/news/coronavirus-spreads-one-study-predicts-101552222.html > >> > Regards, > > > Robin van Spaandonk > > local asymmetry = temporary success > >
