Older folks around here, imagine if the Coronavirus had hit us in 1977

The greatest irony of the information age is how ill informed we all are.

zoomx83 wrote:

Just image we had a global pandemic in 1977. Before cable, the WWW, cell phones, smart phones.

Sure, that was how it happened during the Spanish Flu, but can you imagine how different things would be ? I almost think getting information on AM radio, during Special News Bulletins on the networks, and in the newspaper daily would have been better.

And that idiot Jimmy Carter at the helm....

energeticlotuseater wrote:

To be fair there have not been 1.5 million COVID-19 deaths in the US, not even close. If you divide the number of COVID deaths in the US right now which I believe is around 1,000 by the total population of the US which is around 350 million I believe you will gets around that .00003 % number that is getting thrown around. The 1.5 million death mark is a worst case scenario speculation.

Actually looking at the facts and not worst case scenario speculation car accidents currently kill x30 more people a year in the US than COVID-19.

LOL dividing the cumulative number of U.S. COVID-19 deaths as of March 26, 2020 by the total population of the U.S. gives a figure that is meaningless by itself.

U.S. COVID-19 deaths will be 2,000 two days from now, 4,000 four days from now, 8,000 in a week, etc.

facts 123 wrote:

energeticlotuseater wrote:

To be fair there have not been 1.5 million COVID-19 deaths in the US, not even close. If you divide the number of COVID deaths in the US right now which I believe is around 1,000 by the total population of the US which is around 350 million I believe you will gets around that .00003 % number that is getting thrown around. The 1.5 million death mark is a worst case scenario speculation.

Actually looking at the facts and not worst case scenario speculation car accidents currently kill x30 more people a year in the US than COVID-19.

LOL dividing the cumulative number of U.S. COVID-19 deaths as of March 26, 2020 by the total population of the U.S. gives a figure that is meaningless by itself.

U.S. COVID-19 deaths will be 2,000 two days from now, 4,000 four days from now, 8,000 in a week, etc.

You’re assuming that the virus will keep spreading at the same or greater rate and the fatalities will keep increasing exponentially. However, I believe it is fair to argue that Corona is killing the weakest among us first (elderly, immune compromised, etc) and will have a harder time finding those most vulnerable as time goes on. Some studies have also shown that Corona grows weaker in heat and humidity which is good news coming up on summer.

You can smugly “LOL” all you want but I’m looking at the actual death count not some made up hypothetical death count that you are relying on. If you take this exponential growth argument to the extreme you can argue that every single one of us will eventually die of Corona of the death count just keeps doubling every week or so.

So there was a big flu epidemic in 1968-1969 that killed at least 1 million and possibly a few million. 100,000 Americans. The second wave of the epidemic killed more people than the initial outbreak.

If you were exposed to that flu as a child, it may provide further protection now from Coronavirus: I would have been about 6-12 months old, so not sure.

Pappy wrote:

I think as a whole this would of been handled a lot better. You have to figure everyone older than 50 lived through the Spanish flu, WW1 and or WW2. Sure WW1 and the Spanish flu were before 1920 but everyone over 50 in 1977 felt hardships from those events. They lived through the depression also. Social distancing for them would have been nothing. They'd of just done what was required and dealt with it.

Penn Relays never cancelled throughout all these events but COVID cancelled it.

Transmiiting and presenting information and entertainment changed around 180 years ago with two inventions that came around the same time.

1839: The photograph. Daguerre. France.

1844: The telegraph. Morse. US

It's been downhill ever since.

LOL x 1,000,000. You are an idiot. Feel free to resurrect this thread in a week.

Pappy wrote:

I think as a whole this would of been handled a lot better. You have to figure everyone older than 50 lived through the Spanish flu, WW1 and or WW2. Sure WW1 and the Spanish flu were before 1920 but everyone over 50 in 1977 felt hardships from those events. They lived through the depression also. Social distancing for them would have been nothing. They'd of just done what was required and dealt with it.

Would of? Seriously?

IAMImmune wrote:

So there was a big flu epidemic in 1968-1969 that killed at least 1 million and possibly a few million. 100,000 Americans. The second wave of the epidemic killed more people than the initial outbreak.

Looks like that Hong Kong Flu peaked in December 1968. Oh noes, better cancel that Apollo 8 launch! People are DYING!

We had the same lack of effing snowflakes in 1977. Nobody would have cared about covid 19.

Hong Kong Flu was still peaking in January 1969. Oh noes, better cancel Super Bowl III! People are dying!

the stats from governments are beyond suspect all.

in thailand where they're locked down, plane loads of tourists arrive.

in italy, they are pulling the plug on elderly and calling it coronis.

here in canada, nobody but nobody i know has been tested.

99 percent survival rate is commonly reported by doctors.

in italy, you have one doctor saying everyone is going to die, metaphorically speaking

and another MD is saying get on with life, have the wedding.

meanwhile at the epicenter in china wuhan, they report zero new cases.

menwhile in my home province, there are 3 cases total and symptoms are mild.

however, there as a suicide in the family, business are going broke never to recover,

few are working, and most everybody is relying on the government to save the daay.

it is a wtf? supreme.

nobody got eyes nor a brain.

it is suicide by fear,

sadly these cowards are dragging everyone with them.

here, the total farce is that through the discipline of track and field, you can learn to be strong, take pain, be disciplined spartian.

the reality is you have little of those things that translate into action in life.

get with the program will you?

I aint worried and I got my Victorias Secret cataog to keep me company in my van down by the river.

Finally.

OP knows nothing about US history and can't be bothered to do a simple Google search or look at Wikipedia. Is it any wonder people our age think you lot are fundamentally retarded? That there is no hope?

WHERE'S THE BEEF?

In the past society would have been perfectly fine quarantining off those at risk, while the rest of society went about the business of living.

We have flipped the page now where the needs of the few out weight the needs of the many.

Manufacturing super power? Not really. Ford and Chevy vehicles started rusting to pieces while still sitting on the car lots before they were sold.

Why did someone have to mention the “D” word?

I think it's pretty obvious what would happen. There would be tens of millions of deaths because it would take a year or more to figure out it's a new virus. Then another 2 years to get a vaccine. And all the while nobody would get the information they need to avoid getting it.