We need a national lockdown. Now.

The US is now number 3 in total number of people who tested positive. There are many different time lags, one being the time from a positive test until death. Those testing positive will keep increasing at a faster and faster rate, especially with no restrictions. In any event, my question is, how many Americans would need to die of this virus before you felt it was serious?

thanks for posting those graphs

The problem is these drooling idiots won't take things serious until thousands of people are dead, and in the meantime they will have continued drooling over everything. Maybe when they see neighbors dying and the coffins piling up like in Italy, they'll decide that washing their hands might be a good idea.

We've wee what exponential growth looks like elsewhere in the world. We see it starting to happen right here. Wake up, drooling idiots.

Chill out, man.

Thousands of people will die, yes. However, it won’t be millions. It won’t be bodies in the streets. There is a chasm between those two outcomes.

It’s a tragic thing, this disease. It is not the end of civilization.

It won't equal deaths from heart disease but we can't fat shame.

Jogger Hobby wrote:

The numbers uh, yes like 50 dead today. Meanwhile more people than that died in traffic accidents today.

Are you just assuming traffic deaths on pre-Covid-19 data? There's barely any traffic anymore other than trucks, seems like traffic deaths should be approaching zero now.

NY is way worse than Texas. Makes sense to have more stringent measures in Ny unless the scientists know Texas is going to take the same course.

In my city in California, I saw pictures of tons of people out on the boardwalks. Plenty on the beach too. Very few even bothering trying to maintain 6 feet distances. We need to have the police dispersing overcrowded areas. Why are people such morons.

wildwest wrote:

NY is way worse than Texas. Makes sense to have more stringent measures in Ny unless the scientists know Texas is going to take the same course.

everywhere will take the same course if social distancing is not implemented by 100% of the people there.

I saw people eating cheeseburgers and going outside without sunscreen and I saw a couple have unprotected sex under the boardwalk.

world power wrote:

I saw people eating cheeseburgers and going outside without sunscreen and I saw a couple have unprotected sex under the boardwalk.

Hopefully you handed them N95 masks

Don't forget this is the United States of America. 70,000 Americans died fighting the British so we could have the Bill of Rights and freedom against a tyrannical government.

Why? They are more likely to die from heart disease, skin cancer, or VD. The actuarials told me so and they are better at math than anyone here.

Wuhan-400 wrote:

Jogger Hobby wrote:

The numbers uh, yes like 50 dead today. Meanwhile more people than that died in traffic accidents today.

Are you just assuming traffic deaths on pre-Covid-19 data? There's barely any traffic anymore other than trucks, seems like traffic deaths should be approaching zero now.

and remember... stats report that about 85% of adults in America drive almost everyday(thats not including teens... who are statistically not as safe as adults while driving). Now that means a lot of traffic deaths..... I wonder what the death numbers would be in 85% of adults tested positive for corona virus? Either way the comparison makes little sense in regards to handling a virus outbreak.

When all is said and done maybe 2 million dead

Not joking

rg2 wrote:

serious tom wrote:

There’s so many people out and about in the city I live in. I live in Texas.

We need to get on top of this. It’s already too late if you actually look at numbers.

They need to lock this down now. Then figure out how they’re going to enforce it as time goes on.

America is going to have 2,500+ deaths a day at minimum in 2 weeks or less.

Don’t leave the house unless you have to.

I sure hope this is a sarcastic post. If not, this is the nonsense that’s causing the panic. If you’re worried, stay at home, but don’t try to take my freedom away.

This post won’t age well. Let’s check in next week.

We are in a state/county that is a shelter in place. My kid got sick despite not leaving the house for 8 days except for family walks where we did not come in contact with anyone. We are now in self-quarantine. This is real and we can’t stop it.

Saw a 5 on 5 basketball game going on at the closed park. I’m more afraid for my parents and in-laws who are elderly than those who are out playing basketball. That’s their choice. But we need to think of others and their grandparents beyond a pick-up game.

Coronavirus

Well, we can't have it now but I assume by Monday we will.