The Virus Outbreak Thread

@Meanlucario  
Fair. It’s just that in my eyes the lines blur when you are fully aware that your gain is tied directly to their loss.

Went out earlier today. Los Angeles seems slightly more busy than usual.  
 

A fuckton of people in my city are talking walks in the parks without masks.
 
Why, just why?

@MagpulPony  
It’s almost business as usual here in northern Utah. Almost.
 
 
@CaptainXtra  
It’s Texas. It’s not as much of a nanny-state as Commiefornia or New York Shitty.

@Goku Black  
Stupid California and New York, actually trying to take a pandemic seriously

@CaptainXtra  
Because they immune that’s why.  
Going out at 6 to 9 am getting them vitamin D from the sun makes them less likely to die when el covid hits them.  
Also men would wanna increase them testosterone levels by exercising to make them not die from covid.
 
So yea I see no problem.
 
One problem; ppl may get infected sure BUT, at least they won’t die, and i assume for them the freedom to walk around mask-less is worth it.

@tehwatever  
It’s potentially okay if you’re not close to anyone, but everyone in a enclosed areas need to wear a mask.

@MagpulPony  
Exactly.  
We all know what this about. Freedom to do whatever and I approve of freedom.
 
Get yourself an immune-system-booster, juice up on testosterone and UV lights, get a 4 to 6 feet of distance from strangers if possible and you’re good. Covid threat minimized.

CDC best estimate right now for the IFR is o.4% of people showing symptoms. Note that the actual IFR is even lower since about 30% of people don’t show any symptoms.

@Kiryu-Chan  
Yeah, NYC took it seriously, they sent old folks who had Covid back to the nursing home. Good work guys.

 
My state is up to 8958 and 185 deaths. We’re definitely on a down slope though that started May 6th.

Honestly, The police should just arrest them for reckless endangerment  
We’ve come so far during this pandemic and the fact that people can’t JUST FREAKING WAIT A FEW SIMPLE YEARS to go to a fucking beach is dangerous, vile, pathetic, delusional, and disrespectful to all the doctors, nurses, and the victims of the virus. These beach goers are horrible human beings, The stakes are just too fucking high for this bullshit to happen.

The death percentage is down to 13%, and it’s taking over a month for the number of cases to double.
 
The initial sanitizer and toilet paper shortage is over. I’ve got a bottle of it in my car. Disinfecting my hands and the debit machine I use for work is just second nature at this point.

@Typhoon2000  
For at least the fifth time, it’s not feasible to wait several years for a new disease to stop killing so many people due to herd immunity. A few months maybe, but certainly not years.

@Typhoon2000  
Here in Australia we have the opposite problem. Our curve is almost perfectly flat aside from a few clusters, so all the states have partially reopened… except mine. I swear, Dan Andrews really wants to Brother From Another Series the fuck out of Victoria with the BRI.

@Typhoon2000  
Wait a few years? Yeah, no thanks. Too extreme even for me.

The Diamond Princess, the one with the most cruise ship cases is now among the clusters in Manila Bay since 3 days ago.
 

@MagpulPony
 
Personally I do think that places like beaches or theme parks should be the last places to reopen since it’d be almost impossible to maintain and enforce social distancing guidelines at those kinds of places, but… come on.

I will not allow the opening of classes where the kids are sandwiched beside each other. No one will go to school unless I am sure they are really safe. There has to be a vaccine first.
 
Duterte says.

I wonder, has anyone else’s parents used the virus to really assert dominance over them?

I honestly wish public gatherings and going to places like parks, beaches, etc were illegal because the stakes are just too damn high now.

@Typhoon2000  
Calm down. I’m sure some physical distancing precautions are still being taken. It’s standard practice nowadays.

@Goku Black  
But that’s not enough