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I don't know if it has as much to do with expense as it does the inability to accurately predict the type of crisis that might arise. It would have ta...
March 26, 2020 at 12:36
This is an argument in favor of the preppers it seems. Noah was a crazy old coot until the rain started to fall.
March 26, 2020 at 02:58
Which is just another way of saying they have no idea. My guess is that you have somewhere between $0 and $6.3 million dollars in your checking accoun...
March 25, 2020 at 21:10
I'm really not following the argument that Trump will soon lift the lock downs, considering he's not ordered any as far as I can tell. The lock downs ...
March 25, 2020 at 20:17
Present company excluded. But, to your question, if your most rational conversation is with a troll, you're being really well trolled.
March 25, 2020 at 18:26
You blast the policy makers for imposing austerity and then you blame capitalism as the culprit. It sounds like unsound government policy got the Ital...
March 25, 2020 at 18:24
I don't know, but not while everyone is panicked. Interesting spellcheck aside: Panic takes on a k when you have to write panicked. Know any other wor...
March 25, 2020 at 13:58
I really don't view the coronavirus crisis as evidence that capitalism is a failed enterprise. Whatever bailout money is available, we must remember, ...
March 25, 2020 at 13:49
Echoing what Frank said, this is by design and is consistent with the federalist notion of states having certain authority. This is really just a quib...
March 25, 2020 at 13:40
Regardless of ideology, there is the reality that resources are scare and there is the reality that the availability of resources is directly related ...
March 25, 2020 at 13:35
One additional one: Never forget that activists and politicians will capitalize on any tragedy for political gain.
March 25, 2020 at 10:35
In golf the lowest ordinal score is ranked the lowest cardinal number, so I guess we keep golf the same.
March 24, 2020 at 23:27
The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
March 24, 2020 at 22:48
If the object is to flatten the curve to keep total serious cases low enough so that there's adequate medical treatment, and then you spend a trillion...
March 24, 2020 at 21:58
I wouldn't preamble my criticism that way because I don't talk in single sentences that take up half a page. But, to the position that my criticism of...
March 23, 2020 at 19:41
Whether I'm hypocrite or snowflake notwithstanding, the point is that there is a consistent disdain for Trump that goes beyond rationality, even to th...
March 23, 2020 at 19:32
Not really. As long as we wish to continue with this admittedly profoundly offensive game analogy, the rules of victory can be defined however we wish...
March 23, 2020 at 11:55
Actually the US is way down the list in infections per capita. So let's do this, since it's all a game of sorts to you, should the final tally show th...
March 23, 2020 at 04:11
The data I posted in a post above showed 0% (rounded, it wasn't 0 in actual cases) of current cases were severe. That's the data. Your math is wrong. ...
March 21, 2020 at 15:58
It strikes me that all we need are more respirators, more hospital beds, and trained volunteers to help out. Surely that would cost less than are futi...
March 21, 2020 at 15:52
This flu season 23,000 people in the US have died so far of the flu. https://www.fox8live.com/2020/03/20/us-flu-activity-up-death-toll-reaches-k/ 275 ...
March 21, 2020 at 15:45
So the 0% is bad?
March 21, 2020 at 13:41
It shows that 0% of the US cases are serious. /uploads/resized/files/b8/20t2e14ip4k1hoj5.jpg
March 21, 2020 at 12:00
The wall just got higher.
March 20, 2020 at 22:44
Very suspicious. Why are you guys dealing in American currency?
March 20, 2020 at 21:12
You've obviously never lost a dollar.
March 20, 2020 at 21:05
In my extensive studies of this drug, dating well back to 3, maybe 4 hours ago, I note there are actually two types of this drug. You have the older c...
March 20, 2020 at 21:04
In the same sense it's praiseworthy when you play the $1 lottery and win $1,000,000 It's the same $1m whether you worked your ass off your whole life ...
March 20, 2020 at 20:57
Story time: The headlight on my car doesn't work and there are no replacements, so I rig up an old lightbulb to the front of my car to see if it works...
March 20, 2020 at 20:49
I think the point is well made that it makes sense to lock down those areas where it's warranted. Just because it makes sense in New York, doesn't mea...
March 20, 2020 at 20:44
, I'll keep my day job, but first point me to the website that indicates that hydroxychloroquine is a corticosteroid so I'll know why I need to worry ...
March 20, 2020 at 19:14
Who cares? I was asking if Trump pushes this through based upon his limited information would you rethink your disgust of Trump. I mean if this works,...
March 20, 2020 at 19:08
Chloroquine isn't actually a viral drug as the article represents, but it's an anti-malaria drug. Regardless, the article is providing some fairly irr...
March 20, 2020 at 18:40
I agreed with Trump's response. The questioning from the reporter related to using the malaria drug as a treatment, and he asked "Is it possible that ...
March 20, 2020 at 18:29
How's it dangerous? It was either nothing or the malaria drug.
March 20, 2020 at 18:22
It might be politically risky, but the drug is fairly safe.
March 20, 2020 at 18:21
Both my gyms closed. The guy said he'd open up on Saturday mornings for me and another guy for private training. I've been taking kick boxing lessons ...
March 20, 2020 at 18:21
In what sounds pretty much like a hunch based upon some anecdotal information, Trump is touting hydroxychloroquine as a likely cure for the coronaviru...
March 20, 2020 at 17:37
I put all my hope in a scientific solution, not in a policy one. My trust isn't in some politician of any party of any country to figure out how to fi...
March 20, 2020 at 02:52
Post apocalyptic currency: /uploads/resized/files/h7/79njju5c2d36cfa8.jpg
March 20, 2020 at 02:36
Disregarding your beef with NOS4A2, do you not see hope in this possible treatment option?
March 19, 2020 at 17:46
:pray:
March 19, 2020 at 17:40
I'm not sure why we're talking about your dental care, but now that we are, do you remember to floss daily? I'm guessing you don't.
March 19, 2020 at 15:45
You can quarantine yourself if you want. Just like you can stay off the road to protect yourself from a car accident, you can stay in home to protect ...
March 19, 2020 at 15:43
Whether we admit it or not, we permit a certain number of deaths in order to maintain a certain why of life, which includes allowing our economy to op...
March 19, 2020 at 15:16
Centre isn't a word.
March 18, 2020 at 14:46
Then why did God put America in the center of the universe?
March 18, 2020 at 11:35
My recommendation is that you call paracetamol either Tylenol or acetaminophen so that someone might know what you're talking about.
March 18, 2020 at 10:23
Those at risk of death can take whatever precaution they need to. The average person is just going to get flu like symptoms or less. It's a disproport...
March 16, 2020 at 15:25
Currently .02% of the world is infected with the coronavirus (169,387 / 7,771,074,926). The percentage of worldwide deaths rounds to 0.00% (6,513), bu...
March 16, 2020 at 15:14