Topic: We are still not shutting everything down and it's so incredibly stupid
Anonymous A started this discussion 6 years ago#97,328
Whether the coronavirus and the many actions taken to prevent it from spreading will cost jobs depends entirely on how long the virus outbreak lasts. Oh and then there's also the issue of unnecessary suffering and death. It's like a armed man shooting in the disco. We can't claim that we ought to call away swat so we can keep dancing and just hope the gunman stops. He's not going to stop.
There's literally nothing a individual like me can do. Except telling everyone how incredibly stupid it is to not shut everything down. It's true you know, it's incredibly stupid. If we would have just banned travel from China, a week from now it would have been alright to open travel from China. Now it's like we're going to have to deal with overwhelmed hospitals on a global scale, what might the lethality rate of the virus be then? Probably higher than 5% I'll tell you that. Then as we're completely drowning in infection cases, we'll say "ok, now we shut everything down" and it's so stupid.
Coronavirus ?✈ joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 2 minutes later, 19 minutes after the original post[^][v]#1,098,730
Don't get so worked up, baby. Can't a virus have a little fun?
Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 6 years ago, 2 minutes later, 22 minutes after the original post[^][v]#1,098,731
It's going to be visiting you too, and perhaps some vulnerable people you know that won't survive it. ??
Anonymous F joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 2 minutes later, 32 minutes after the original post[^][v]#1,098,736
@OP's mom probably runs him out of bed early every morning to get ready for school after he stays up late at night playing his nintendos. He had heard the rumors of the government shutting down schools for awhile and got really excited. Now, since his school remains open he is upset.
Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 6 years ago, 4 minutes later, 36 minutes after the original post[^][v]#1,098,738
> If we would have just banned travel from China, a week from now it would have been alright to open travel from China.
That's not true. It would be true if the first people who caught it immediately quarantined themselves and didn't spread it to anyone else, so everyone who had it would display symptoms in a week. But we know that didn't happen. Come on bud.
Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 6 years ago, 6 minutes later, 56 minutes after the original post[^][v]#1,098,741
Alright, 1 month from now. They went through extreme measures and still are. They were testing more than a million people each week. Testing is key you see. The outlooks is very positive there except now, well now it might have all been for nothing, they have already gotten cases of the virus coming from travelers going into China.
Anonymous A (OP) double-posted this 6 years ago, 4 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^][v]#1,098,742
chill dog !!81dzJNNYL double-posted this 6 years ago, 1 minute later, 4 hours after the original post[^][v]#1,098,760
@1,098,745 (A)
Well I'm glad to know my mum is still alive i guess, i may hate the bitch but i waa starting to worry a smidge
Sheila LaBoof joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 1 hour later, 5 hours after the original post[^][v]#1,098,765
We don't stop other things that kill lots of people every day in our own countries already, so why should this be any different
Green !StaYqkzUPc joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 49 seconds later, 5 hours after the original post[^][v]#1,098,767
@previous (Sheila LaBoof)
The flu doesn't shut down economies bud...
Sheila LaBoof replied with this 6 years ago, 1 minute later, 5 hours after the original post[^][v]#1,098,768
@previous (Green !StaYqkzUPc)
I was responding to the OP's suggestion that we shut everything down. The fle doesn't shut down economies because we have not followed the OP's advise in terms of flu.
Sheila LaBoof double-posted this 6 years ago, 27 minutes later, 5 hours after the original post[^][v]#1,098,770
and anyhow, I'm also implying that maybe we should take things that are killing us in greater numbers more seriously, and take things like seriously depleted stocks of fish in the seas more seriously, dead zones at runoffs of rivers emptying into the sea more seriously and the like
there's so much shit to choose from that would be better if we took it more seriously, but we get used to things quickly as a society, or don't give a shit in the first place and so do JACK SQUAT other than token retarded gestures such as ban plastic drinking straws or incandescent light blubs, gestures that just piss the voting public off
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Anonymous K joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 23 minutes later, 6 hours after the original post[^][v]#1,098,774
China Stopped Its Economy to Tackle Coronavirus. Now the ... www.nytimes.com › 2020/03/02 › business › china-coronavirus-economy
7 days ago - The virtual shutdown of one of the world's biggest economies is hurting ... Information is sparse, he said, and he doesn't trust everyone is being ...
Anonymous L joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 7 minutes later, 6 hours after the original post[^][v]#1,098,777
So, corinavirus obsessed freakout retards are the new climate change activists?
It's about doing nothing, getting upset at other people doing nothing, and it's up to someone else to solve the problem!
Will there be a school strike for corinavirus?
Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 6 years ago, 43 minutes later, 6 hours after the original post[^][v]#1,098,790
> So incredibly stupid to say. Yall have no fucking idea what's coming even though you've been told a billion times. God help us.
no one has no fucking idea, exactly. Meanwhile we have several other things that we have better than an idea, we have bad results already, and we do jack shit. We get used to living in shit very quickly on one hand, while on the other hand we get retardly complacent about vaccines and we still get outbreaks of measles and even polio in some areas. Once we get a NOVID vaccine, how do we get the shitheads to get vaccinated without making a scare about that too?
Anonymous N joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 1 hour later, 15 hours after the original post[^][v]#1,098,882
WSD !m2cp3rR5zw joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 15 hours later, 1 day after the original post[^][v]#1,099,063
America is at low risk of serious conditions and outside of the elderly population you have little to fear if you follow flu season guidelines anyways.
Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 6 years ago, 1 hour later, 1 day after the original post[^][v]#1,099,082
No, not only wouldn't I do such a thing but quite honestly, it would spread even with that. A droplet can go into your eye and even ear. Not to mention food. It can be in your hair too.
Sheila LaBoof replied with this 6 years ago, 52 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^][v]#1,099,153
and ass
Anonymous Q joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 16 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^][v]#1,099,156
@1,099,145 (A) > A droplet can go into your eye and even ear.
Do you have a lot of people sneezing into your ears regularly? I mean, that's really a problem you should work to remedy immediately. I don't think a Minichan thread alone is going to solve that.
Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 6 years ago, 21 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^][v]#1,099,159
Anonymous Q replied with this 6 years ago, 15 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^][v]#1,099,165
@previous (A)
By all reports, spread from respiratory droplets from requires close contact with someone coughing or sneezing. That's not the same as being airborne like other viruses such as measles or smallpox. By all credible accounts it's not spread by merely sharing the same air.
Nonetheless, if you notice someone nearby breathing heavily through a layer of gargled snot in their throat and coughing everywhere, then it might be a good idea to avoid that person. It's good to be safe.
Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 6 years ago, 2 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^][v]#1,099,166
Nopes, coughing and sneezing ain't necessary. People are contagious before symptoms show.
Anonymous Q replied with this 6 years ago, 32 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^][v]#1,099,167
@previous (A)
Do normal people you see every day spray respiratory droplets from their nose and throat as they breathe? Do those droplets then float around in the air across large distances? Are you a pug who lives on the International Space Station?
So, the WHO has this to say: People can catch COVID-19 from others who have the virus. The disease can spread from person to person through small droplets from the nose or mouth which are spread when a person with COVID-19 coughs or exhales. These droplets land on objects and surfaces around the person. Other people then catch COVID-19 by touching these objects or surfaces, then touching their eyes, nose or mouth. People can also catch COVID-19 if they breathe in droplets from a person with COVID-19 who coughs out or exhales droplets. This is why it is important to stay more than 1 meter (3 feet) away from a person who is sick.
Much like raindrops, mucus drops are subject to gravity. It's not airborne, dude. It's not an evil spirit that's going to fly into your nose.
Also, since I'm bored and looking all this shit up, the CDC is pretty unconvinced about your food theories too. Coronaviruses are generally thought to be spread from person-to-person through respiratory droplets. Currently there is no evidence to support transmission of COVID-19 associated with food. Before preparing or eating food it is important to always wash your hands with soap and water for 20 seconds for general food safety. Throughout the day wash your hands after blowing your nose, coughing or sneezing, or going to the bathroom. It may be possible that a person can get COVID-19 by touching a surface or object that has the virus on it and then touching their own mouth, nose, or possibly their eyes, but this is not thought to be the main way the virus spreads. In general, because of poor survivability of these coronaviruses on surfaces, there is likely very low risk of spread from food products or packaging that are shipped over a period of days or weeks at ambient, refrigerated, or frozen temperatures.
The time the virus survives outside a living body, as seen so far in COVID-19 and other coronaviruses, isn't terribly long. Human to human contact and contact with surfaces exposed to other infected humans seem to be the prime movers of infection. COVID-19 doesn't fly through the air like a superhero or lie in wait for weeks hoping to ambush a potential victim. It's just a bit self-replicating genetic code that needs to move from living cell to living cell pretty quickly.
Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 6 years ago, 20 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^][v]#1,099,168
I never said it was a vampire and i hoped you read that too, it spreads through droplets even with just a infected person exhaling. Do you think a airborne virus has wings and that's why they are airborne? That's ridiculous man. It's a sort of a spectrum, like your autism, and being in some place with poor air circulation is not so smart if someone there with you has the corona.
Sheila LaBoof replied with this 6 years ago, 40 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^][v]#1,099,171
fuck what if it got wings
dreamworks replied with this 6 years ago, 2 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^][v]#1,099,173
Ugh I got an air pump from AliExpress from Italy but it's delayed
Anonymous Q replied with this 6 years ago, 30 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^][v]#1,099,174
@1,099,171 (Sheila LaBoof) > it spreads through droplets even with just a infected person exhaling
There is a good amount of moisture in human breath, but that doesn't automatically make any moisture a respiratory droplet. The term "respiratory droplet" in relation to the coronavirus is being used to refer to large (>5 μm) droplets. Droplets this size generally fall rapidly to the ground under gravity, and therefore are transmitted only over a limited distance of about a meter or so. Some viruses do spread through smaller droplets that stay in the air longer, and those viruses are generally referred to as airborne. COVID-19 doesn't seem to one of those viruses. Just breathing the same air from a distance hasn't been shown to be contagious. It's just close contact with an infected person or indirect contact through surfaces that the infected person has touched (e.g. door knobs, handshakes, tabletops, etc.) that epidemiologists are worrying about.
Catherine !ttGirlsPl2 joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 5 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^][v]#1,099,176
The media blows up every single little thing.
“The TV says we’re out of time. Suck the fear in through your eyes. Everyone’s bland and blind. Don’t go outside.“
— Poppy, “Don’t Go Outside“
Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 6 years ago, 30 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^][v]#1,099,182
There's cases of super spreaders you know? We are talking about people infecting everyone on a bus and so on. Like on average, a person infects at least six others. Even medical staff in protective gear do get the virus. Fuck it, it practically is a vampire with wings.
Anonymous A (OP) double-posted this 6 years ago, 1 minute later, 1 day after the original post[^][v]#1,099,183
Not in this situation. The media seriously fucked up here. Lots of the scary stuff was around for weeks on the internet before the media picked it up and even then they were drawing connections to the flu.
Anonymous Q replied with this 6 years ago, 29 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^][v]#1,099,196
@1,099,182 (A)
I'm beginning to think you just like hyperbole for the sake of hyperbole.
@previous (A)
One of the genuinely interesting parts of this whole phenomenon has been watching some pundits try to criticize "the media" for being complacent and not doing enough while simultaneously complaining about how "the media" is blowing everything out of proportion with alarmist hoaxes. It's fun listening to them deal with the cognitive dissonance as they switch gears (sometimes mid-sentence) between positions that blame both complacency and hysteria on the media coverage.
Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 6 years ago, 6 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^][v]#1,099,197