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weatherfide said:
Good information, again. Sweden is plateau-ing and they didn't shut down their economy. They used smart distancing and sanitary/isolate the vulnerable style measures.
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Hopefully, this is something we can adopt this summer and fall.
 
weatherfide said:
I wonder if there is a genetic component to this? Germanic tribes seem to be able to handle this virus better than others.
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I've wondered the same thing but I doubt it will get much conversation given the current world climate.
 
Dewpoint Dan said:
I fully expect the economy will begin to reopen on May 1st although some areas like NYC may not reopen until later.
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I hope it starts next week. I applaud Texas governor Abbott's desire to re-open his state! Let's get back to work and back to being the land of the free and find our courage!
 
weatherfide said:
I hope it starts next week. I applaud Texas governor Abbott's desire to re-open his state! Let's get back to work and back to being the land of the free and find our courage!
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Im sure Trump would love to open it back up next week but i think he will feel pressured to wait until May 1st.
 
weatherfide said:
I hope it starts next week. I applaud Texas governor Abbott's desire to re-open his state! Let's get back to work and back to being the land of the free and find our courage!
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It needs to be done state by state and each state assessing where they're at. Because of ignorance of our leaders and citizens in Georgia, we're going to be far later than most states.
 
Shaggy said:
None of which we could do here because people like you and Mathew70 demand people be allowed to do as they please.
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We can do it and most here in America do it. When I am out I practice social distancing. You can point me out but believe me there are more than you think that believe and have same feelings I do. I agreed to the lockdown till end of April. Shaggy maybe you can afford to stay at home but the majority of Americans can not. Like I have been saying. The scale will tip the other way if we do not start opening back up the economy in May. At least parts of it. Just look at the news. Things are starting to get ugly with families getting hungry. Also China yesterday had its biggest spike in more cases that quiet sometime. The world can not continue to stay shut down. Hopefully a vaccine is made soon but we all are going to have to face this virus till there is a vaccine.
 
Matthew70 said:
We can do it and most here in America do it. When I am out I practice social distancing. You can point me out but believe me there are more than you think that believe and have same feelings I do. I agreed to the lockdown till end of April. Shaggy maybe you can afford to stay at home but the majority of Americans can not. Like I have been saying. The scale will tip the other way if we do not start opening back up the economy in May. At least parts of it. Just look at the news. Things are starting to get ugly with families getting hungry. Also China yesterday had its biggest spike in more cases that quiet sometime. The world can not continue to stay shut down. Hopefully a vaccine is made soon but we all are going to have to face this virus till there is a vaccine.
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Ive noticed a lot of the people who say we should be shut down a few more months are people who are well off financially or people who have a secure job.
 
I love that we are now seeing headlines that give us hope. I just saw a headline that read " Gov Cuomo says worst is over for NY".
 
Yellow Snow said:
A better method of comparing nations (not just for C-19 but for pretty much anything) is on a per capita basis. By that measure, Spain is the most infected country.

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Do NY state or NYC. Ill say it again. They have more cases than any other country in the world. NY and the Northeast is the epicenter of the pandemic in the world and is part of the USA. I just don’t get how someone can see it another way but it is what it is. even per capita NY/NYC is going to be the highest and that’s the USA.
 
LithiaWx said:
Do NY state or NYC. Ill say it again. They have more cases than any other country in the world. NY and the Northeast is the epicenter of the pandemic in the world and is part of the USA. I just don’t get how someone can see it another way but it is what it is. even per capita NY/NYC is going to be the highest and that’s the USA.
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You're telling me that NY state has more cases than China?

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Matthew70 said:
www.wcnc.com

MYSTERY SOLVED: Source of coronavirus exposure discovered for Charlotte woman who hadn't left her house in weeks.

Test results confirmed a Charlotte woman's fears. Despite staying home, her fever, headache, trouble breathing and coughing are from COVID-19.
www.wcnc.com www.wcnc.com
This is why no matter what one does. Everyone will be exposed to it. Even in SK patients that recovered from being positive are now getting it again. Vaccine is only hope to stop it.
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If People are getting it again, a Vaccine is of little use.
 
This may have been posted, but it's worth reading, if for nothing more than to realize that it's quite possible that the coronavirus effects, even in non-severe cases, are much more insidious than we want to imagine.

Coronavirus infection may cause lasting damage throughout the body, doctors fear

www.latimes.com

Coronavirus infection may cause lasting damage throughout the body, doctors fear

Some patients who have recovered from coronavirus infection are suffering lasting damage, including liver damage, heart damage and blood clotting problems.
www.latimes.com www.latimes.com
 
Matthew70 said:
www.wcnc.com

MYSTERY SOLVED: Source of coronavirus exposure discovered for Charlotte woman who hadn't left her house in weeks.

Test results confirmed a Charlotte woman's fears. Despite staying home, her fever, headache, trouble breathing and coughing are from COVID-19.
www.wcnc.com www.wcnc.com
This is why no matter what one does. Everyone will be exposed to it. Even in SK patients that recovered from being positive are now getting it again. Vaccine is only hope to stop it.
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This was never about stopping the virus completely. It was about slowing the spread of it to buy time to get us to a vaccine and prevent hospitals from becoming overwhelmed. Using this time we can prepare and expand our capacity so we can appropriately handle the virus. If we "reopen" like it was 5 months ago soon, we'll be at risk of overwhelming the hospitals still. It's got to be done in phases. Basically as we go down we slowly reopen what we closed.
 
weatherfide said:
Good information, again. Sweden is plateau-ing and they didn't shut down their economy. They used smart distancing and sanitary/isolate the vulnerable style measures.
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I'm pretty sure Sweden has had some really wonky data reporting and they are actually on a big upswing. Like the weekends they barely report anything at all. Thought they were starting to implement more restrictions cause what they were doing wasn't working.
 
Steven_1974 said:
Well, he has no authority to do so. That's up to each state. Before he said he couldn't make them shut down so he wasn't going to say anything. Now he's saying he can? LOL
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He can restrict federal dollars from flowing to states with shut downs. I don't think that would look good for him, but he could do it.
 
Steven_1974 said:
Well, he has no authority to do so. That's up to each state. Before he said he couldn't make them shut down so he wasn't going to say anything. Now he's saying he can? LOL
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It's probably more about giving governors the political cover to ease restrictions in their states (although he does have authority to order the tens of thousands of federal employees who had been told to stay at home back to work)
 
Steven_1974 said:
Well, he has no authority to do so. That's up to each state. Before he said he couldn't make them shut down so he wasn't going to say anything. Now he's saying he can? LOL
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He can on the federal levels. Yes each states choice. Luckily I live in a state that understands and the gov sees the bigger picture and the implications if we stay shut down to long.
 
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