Quote (fender @ 10 Mar 2020 13:59)
that's an opinion. supported by zero evidence, and directly contradicting virtually every expert on the issue.
other than that, great job typing a wall of text while ignoring every major point i made.
Making sarcastic comments and calling my arguements philosophically stupid aren't "major points". Yes, I make assumptions and have opinions, this is a political forum after all.
Quote (theCrossbones @ 10 Mar 2020 20:48)
what a long winded bunch of BS. This isn't a war it is something we can control. How does it feel to care less about your vulnerable citizens than Communist China?
FU And there was never 28% unemployment 10 years ago. that would be higher than the great DEPRESSION. I'm sure you are going to say the "reported the numbers differently etc. "
no wonder this country can't find its way out of any crisis. Too many stupid people.
Not everyone here is from the US, you know?
Here's my country's unemployment rate, so you can see it peaked at 27.5%, and it had an even much more alarming rate among the younger generations:
We're in fact STILL recovering from an issue that began in 2008... the last thing we want is another recession caused by halting the economy.
Quote (dro94 @ 10 Mar 2020 19:37)
1. By not containing the virus and continuing with business as usual, millions of healthy younger people could be infected and would be out of work for 2 weeks each. Many would still be admitted to hospital and take up valuable resources
2. You can catch the virus again after recovering the first time. This makes it really important to stop the spread instead of 'letting' it fester among the population as the incidence of death AND economic consequences would be huge
3. We don't know the true mortality rate of the virus, it could be as high as 3 or 4%
You can't just separate the economic and health consequences on the population so casually. They are intrinsically related.
1. I think it would be irresponsible of the younger generations to go to the hospital if infected. I work with lots of people everyday, in a neighborhood where cases have already been reported, and I don't plan on bothering the healthcare system unless I'm on the verge of dying. If I have a fever I'll just stay home and wait it out.
2. Yeah, but the amount of relapses seem few so far. It's indeed hard to determine how likely it would be to catch it again.
3. So far it's 2% over here, and that's considering that the majority of cases are likely not reported. Symptoms aren't that harsh among the younger generations, and most medical centers here are refusing to test people unless the symptoms are already moderate or the patient belongs to a vulnerable group.
Quote (Djunior @ 11 Mar 2020 11:03)
He's not bragging about being a survivor. I don't know what's going on in your head
edit: just checked the numbers in italy, 10.149 cases and 631 deaths. You might want to recalculate your 98% survival rate
The majority of cases aren't reported, especially in the regions were the health care system is already under stress.