Baden

Yep.

:clap: Hopefully that will put an end to the conspiracy theory that the virus is still raging over there.

It would serve Dems right not to be able to beat Trump in the midst of the worst social and economic crisis since the great depression because they ch...

Michael Gove has just said Boris is not on a ventilator. I think we all know what that means... Boris is on a ventilator.

You'll be gone soon then.

The flattening is relative to whatever else is on the scale. It's just easier to discern on the log scale because it's less steep. The vast majority o...

:cool: :lol:

As I thought. Ireland (pop. 5m) has just ordered 11 million masks. You can see where this is going. Some good news. The US is flattening the curve. /u...

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52177586

No. A tiger got it though. In other news, the UK has moved passed Italy to third in daily deaths. It will blow past Spain within a few days.

Yes, we could actually get herd immunity via vaccination like we did with smallpox which would be a good result. So, 60% don't actually need to get th...

Don't disagree much. Only want to emphasis that there are three distinct strategies, herd immunity, mitigation, and suppression. The world is tending ...

We talked about this a lot already. Look at South Korea, for example. Continued social distancing, masks, track and trace etc until we get a vaccine. ...

No, it's not. Look at your government's models and follow the numbers.

Here's a good update on where we are. Lot of info: https://www.ft.com/coronavirus-latest

I expect he'll pull through, but he's sicker than they're admitting. I don't think we'll be seeing much of him for a while. I'd be more concerned abou...

Boris Johnson has been admitted to hospital. The official story is it's just for "tests" and a precautionary measure. BS, methinks. He's as a sick as ...

E.g. I need a kidney transplant to survive. The only compatible kidney belongs to a guy who says he will sell it for no less than $1 billion dollars. ...

Couple of additional things: 1) Nobody can give anything other than a range in answer to the economy vs lives question as there are too many variables...

I directly answered your question. Silly. If the respirator capacity is overwhelmed by one, many would have already died. 50% of patients getting put ...

No, I wouldn't. The implication of my answer is that you do whatever you can to keep below that critical level, including shutting down the economy. W...

No. Herd immunity requires infecting at least 60% of the population. You do the hammer and the dance and it's a lot less even when spread out over tim...

Well, right now it's the argument between @"NOS4A2" and @"NOS4A2" on whether he wants more or less infections. Go figure it out, and then come back an...

Since you accept we all agree on it, it's irrelevant re the argument at hand. Hence, red herring.

Go and find out what you think. When you know, come back and argue for it.

Red herring. No-one wants any of those things.

The herd immunity approach requires many more people to be infected (at least 60% of the population). So if your answer is "obviously less", then you ...

That's a somewhat different point. But leaving it aside. Do you want more or less people to be infected than there are now?

You can't make government policy based on the fact that some people might be able to practice perfect social distancing. You make it based on statisti...

This argument is not about you or me, personally. It's about people in general. I responded to this: Not anything about you, specifically. But you kno...

You've directly contradicted yourself.

This is a red herring. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_herring

I'll try again: You just agreed that by going outside, you are statistically more likely to transmit the virus. It's above in black and white. That me...

You realize you're just humiliating yourself here, right?

Therefore, you agree that: 1) By going outside, I am statistically more likely to transmit the virus. Understand, so far? That also implies 2) By stay...

You just agreed that it does. (Your characterization of "staying at home" as "hiding" is just empty rhetoric and makes no difference to whether or not...

OK, this is false then.

Which of the following statements do you think is false? 1) By going outside I am statistically more likely to come in contact with people. 2) By comi...

Sadly, most of what I've read on the situation in the UK today lends support to un's contentions, dramatic as they are. i.e. It's quite possible that ...

Shouldn't be a problem for the at least 10% of Americans that mistakenly wear their underwear on their face.

It's a simple but ingenious system. Rich people pay politicians to keep them rich and politicians pay advertisers and PR agencies to make them look li...

I've been looking into the mask thing. I think the motivations for the official slipperiness on it were probably something like the following: 1) A la...

I know... :mask:

Oh, and the Fed just dumped $1.5 trillion into the stockmarket to keep it afloat. But... it's crazy to think you could ever afford a proper health car...

I'm not sure about that. Your government just gave every taxpayer a $1200 dollar check while taking an average of $1500 of each taxpayer's tax dollars...

Just want to say btw that I'm aware the phrase "the China/Chinese virus" could be used in an innocent way, but a good faith actor would have no justif...

I don't know the specific reason as @"jamalrob" banned him, but I presume it was some combination of low quality and his apparent inability to accept ...

Maybe. Anyway, feel free to take turns on the world's smallest violin.

@"Nobeernolife" was banned.

You won't be using that nomenclature because it is not the name of the virus and a politically motivated xenophobic rebranding is not allowed here. Fu...