Quote (zarkadon @ 8 Mar 2020 22:50)

The Italian government is ridiculous. I'm so glad our government in Spain doesn't give a fuck about this bullshit virus and is not only not cancelling mass events, demonstrations, and celebrations, but encouraging people to go on with their lives as normal as long as they take precautions and are aware that there's a risk of becoming infected.

So far the only thing they've done is shut down several hundreds of centers for the elderly, since senior citizens are pretty much the only ones in risk of suffering serious consequences from the disease.

Quote (zarkadon @ 8 Mar 2020 23:23)

Yep. Cases are going up. But it's more damaging to halt the economy and cause mass panic.

There's the theory that the government, which has feminism as one of it's priorities, will begin restricting events now that the woman's day is over, but I hope not.

Quote (Black XistenZ @ Mar 7 2020 11:34pm)

No, it does not, lol.

Deaths per diagnosed infection is not a viable metric for inter-country comparisons as long as testing rates and diagnostic methods vary wildly between countries.
A country that does almost no testing will only see the most severe cases pop up in its "number of infected people"-part of the statistic, leading to a very inflated mortality rate.

Yes, the American healthcare system does suck, it is worse than that of France or South Korea, and elderly people have a better chance of surviving the coronavirus epidemic in these countries than in the U.S. - but this assessment has to come from past experience with these countries' healthcare systems. Such a conclusion cannot credibly be based on data which is as compromised and unreliable as the coronavirus mortality rates.

Quote (thundercock @ Mar 8 2020 08:59pm)

You're right. My way is a pretty inaccurate measurement but I was using it to illustrate the point Ghot's methodology is completely asinine.

Quote (Ghot @ Mar 8 2020 06:25pm)

Don't worry. You'll figure it out.

Quote (Kayeto @ 9 Mar 2020 03:20)

The only thing more infuriating than that political narrative on this situation is why the public is still giving any credence to these partisan narratives or even listening to them at all.

Quote (Black XistenZ @ Mar 8 2020 11:23pm)

This virus is one of the last-partisan issues in a long long time. Well, at least outside of the U.S. :rolleyes:

Quote (Kayeto @ 9 Mar 2020 05:33)

It should be completely non-partisan. Yet they somehow find a way to spin a narrative into it.

Quote (Black XistenZ @ 9 Mar 2020 05:23)

This virus is one of the last-partisan issues in a long long time. Well, at least outside of the U.S. :rolleyes: