I don't know how I forgot this. Earlier in the day (or, yesterday), a South Florida female acquaintance in her 50's, posts on Facebook, "This had to happen. Got tested positive. No cough. No fever. No symptoms. I feel fine".
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I don't know how I forgot this. Earlier in the day (or, yesterday), a South Florida female acquaintance in her 50's, posts on Facebook, "This had to happen. Got tested positive. No cough. No fever. No symptoms. I feel fine".
Eric Coughlin
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Ah yes, in a time of social distancing those of us who live alone (like myself), what better time to connect with the non-existent spouse, the non-existent kids, and the folks who live on the other side of the country. I should buy a Wilson ball. In fact, why stop at one; I can afford a whole family. Maybe get in a little extra private time with the missus.
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That's a good question. I assume work related. Someone there must have shown symptoms and she was "in contact".
She's in some IT related field.
ahalpert
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Wow I'm so jealous. At first I was terrified we had COVID19. Now I pray that we did since we're almost through it. But I won't know until god knows when antibody tests are available because even if I got a regular test now I would come up negative. No idea if we have immunity now or if we still need to live in fear...
Jealous is the wrong word... I wish her a fast and easy recovery!
This is an article on masks. I, in the general sense, feel that CDC was sending a wrong message to people against wearing them while I also understand why they said what they had. I also recommended the ersatz solutions.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/masks-re...hing-up-to-the-changing-advice-222618518.html
https://www.yahoo.com/news/masks-re...hing-up-to-the-changing-advice-222618518.html
paulears
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We need to get a grip = there is no need to live in fear of the virus whatsoever, unless you are already ill or compromised. It's not like the Black Death - it's a cold for over 99% of people. People are getting it and not even noticing. If you have had it, to get the immunity, but you don't know - then you had it without any problems, so logically, why are you worrying now?
This is exactly why it's so bad. Not the disease, but the panic surrounding it. This must stop, and the media make it worse. We just need to keep it away from those it will hurt the most, stop the crazy panic buying and grow up and shut up. People are worrying about exams, schools and all the other stuff, and really it just means we will all be poorer, some very poorer. I cannot even get angry about this - it's just bad luck and for me means I start dipping into my pension fund early. I could get run over by a bus next year.
We are grown ups - so words like "terrify" and "live in fear" are frankly unnecessary. It's for most of us, severe inconvenience. A few will indeed die - but these people may have died as a result of the underlying illness they have anyway. The virus is just for them, a very sad last straw.
Let's stop the fear mongering and engage brains here!
This is exactly why it's so bad. Not the disease, but the panic surrounding it. This must stop, and the media make it worse. We just need to keep it away from those it will hurt the most, stop the crazy panic buying and grow up and shut up. People are worrying about exams, schools and all the other stuff, and really it just means we will all be poorer, some very poorer. I cannot even get angry about this - it's just bad luck and for me means I start dipping into my pension fund early. I could get run over by a bus next year.
We are grown ups - so words like "terrify" and "live in fear" are frankly unnecessary. It's for most of us, severe inconvenience. A few will indeed die - but these people may have died as a result of the underlying illness they have anyway. The virus is just for them, a very sad last straw.
Let's stop the fear mongering and engage brains here!
ahalpert
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My wife is pregnant so her immune system may be compromised. Additionally, some young people are winding up in the ICU and dying or developing permanent lung damage.
So either you're fine or there's a small but definite chance that didn't previously exist that you will suffer or die. And the odds of contracting the disease are quite high, especially if you live near a hotspot.
Mike Krumlauf
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Paul has a tendency to be the scrooge of DVXuser. Honestly Paul, you're coming off like because it most likely will not severely impact you or your wallet we all should calm down. While I most likely will not get the virus, the impact of how my country (like other countries) are handling it has cost me my paycheck temporarily... its not just about the fear of getting sick and dying, its a credible fear of what life financially for me and millions of people are going to be like once this BS is over... instead of being so blunt force negative about a lot of things people talk about on here, maybe share some empathy because we all are getting hit by this pandemic in different ways that will in some cases reshape how our lives go forward both in terms of health, safety and money. Please lighten up. To add, my fiance is a type 1 diabetic with pre hypertension so even if i get infected and am a symptomatic or a minor cold flu, it has a very high chance of killing him... and I really would not be able to live with myself if I was the one who spread the infection to make him vulnerable.
Barry_Green
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I tend to think I have a brain, and I use it a lot, and I disagree with your conclusions. I used to think as you do. I no longer do. And I strongly suspect that a week from now, you will have changed your thinking quite a bit too.
I have been around the block a few times. I have watched this story develop. And I have steadfastly avoided the "opinion commentators" on the news, instead focusing on those who, to the best of our knowledge, are the best experts in the world on situations like this.
They do not agree with your assertion that 99% of us will, at worst, have a cold.
Italy is the 8th largest economy in the world, with a thoroughly modern health care system. Reading first-hand reports from doctors and health workers there provides a rather sobering contrast to the grasshoppers currently fiddling away on the beaches for Spring Break and in the packed bars on St. Patrick's day.
Cary Knoop
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Amen!
NorBro
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Netflix and others urged to switch to SD streaming because of the increase in traffic.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/netflix-other-streaming-platforms-urged-154145328.html
https://www.yahoo.com/news/netflix-other-streaming-platforms-urged-154145328.html
One thing I've learned is to be very skeptical about what's being said in the early days of any major event. 'They' just don't know. Reports come out with the information at hand. Over time, the information changes quite a bit from what is first reported. My tendency now is to think things are much worse than being reported. Chernobyl and Fukushima come to mind.
With that in mind, here's interesting information about death rates - The death rate being reported was for all cases. But at this website, they are reporting the death rate for closed cases (meaning they are dead or are now over the virus). The death rate for closed cases is 10%. So now what are we to believe? https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/
For those of you on Spring Break in Florida and insist on having a good time because you are young and Spring Break is important, or if you think people are being over dramatic, if you are in a town of 100,000 and you took part in infecting everyone, if the above statistic is correct, you helped kill 10,000 people.
With that in mind, here's interesting information about death rates - The death rate being reported was for all cases. But at this website, they are reporting the death rate for closed cases (meaning they are dead or are now over the virus). The death rate for closed cases is 10%. So now what are we to believe? https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/
For those of you on Spring Break in Florida and insist on having a good time because you are young and Spring Break is important, or if you think people are being over dramatic, if you are in a town of 100,000 and you took part in infecting everyone, if the above statistic is correct, you helped kill 10,000 people.
ahalpert
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I look at Italy and S. Korea and shudder because our approach and results thus far are much more like Italy
Eric Coughlin
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That’s one way to skew statistics. Let’s imagine it takes four days to die or three weeks to recover. So in the first two weeks and six days of the virus, imagine if of 1000 reported cases 20 people died and zero recovered (because no one has gotten to three weeks yet). Oh snap, that’s a 100% death rate for closed cases. Let’s panic from skewed statistics.
combatentropy
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Easy, guys. If you're going to disagree on a forum, especially about a controversial subject, stick to evidence. Do not, under any circumstances, talk about the person you're disagreeing with. Do not answer sarcastically either. I love sarcasm, but I try not to use it online. It often doesn't translate, and I'm using it to kid people. If you use it in a serious disagreement, it will die in a fire.
Samurai would commit seppuku rather than face shame. I've noticed that ordinary people, while not stabbing themselves in the gut, will do all sorts of acrobatics to avoid shame.
If you contradict someone in a way that dumps shame on them, they will have a hard time accepting your argument, because it would embarrass them.
Furthermore, if they disagree with you, they will have a hard time just silently ignoring you. Now they must answer, to defend themselves. Now it's no longer about whether the coronavirus does x, y, and z, but whether Bob is stupid, and Bob doesn't want to be seen as stupid.
Bob will likely hurl some kind of response in kind back to you, and now you find yourself going through the same feelings Bob just went through. And so on, on and on.
Then a moderator lands upon the thread and sees that people are fighting.
LOCKED.
EDIT: It hasn't gotten there yet, but I thought I saw bubbles surfacing.
Samurai would commit seppuku rather than face shame. I've noticed that ordinary people, while not stabbing themselves in the gut, will do all sorts of acrobatics to avoid shame.
If you contradict someone in a way that dumps shame on them, they will have a hard time accepting your argument, because it would embarrass them.
Furthermore, if they disagree with you, they will have a hard time just silently ignoring you. Now they must answer, to defend themselves. Now it's no longer about whether the coronavirus does x, y, and z, but whether Bob is stupid, and Bob doesn't want to be seen as stupid.
Bob will likely hurl some kind of response in kind back to you, and now you find yourself going through the same feelings Bob just went through. And so on, on and on.
Then a moderator lands upon the thread and sees that people are fighting.
LOCKED.
EDIT: It hasn't gotten there yet, but I thought I saw bubbles surfacing.
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NorBro
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Most here probably don't follow WWE, but the company continues to run production on their weekly shows in their performance center with no audience (that's where they train upcoming potential talent and have small side shows), and this is a clip of a promo between two top stars (I started the link at the best part).
If you didn't know, you'd think they were doing some kind of rehearsal here but this was live on television:
https://youtu.be/-ruCcewe7IM?t=108
If you didn't know, you'd think they were doing some kind of rehearsal here but this was live on television:
https://youtu.be/-ruCcewe7IM?t=108
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