Coronavirus (COVID-19 Outbreak) (55 Viewers)
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The beds are very expensive but nothing compared to the cost of the economy running at a reduced capacity for so long. Labour shortages are a problem but like I said, it's an attempt to return to normalcy gradually so you attempt to meet these demands over time - hire medical students and foreign workers if necessary.
If it becomes possible for testing kits to be available to everyone like that, that'd be great and huge step to returning to normalcy.
But this current way of dealing with can only be temporary. The political instability will increase over time and governments are going to have to find different ways of dealing with it, even if it means over burdening the health systems imo.
If it becomes possible for testing kits to be available to everyone like that, that'd be great and huge step to returning to normalcy.
But this current way of dealing with can only be temporary. The political instability will increase over time and governments are going to have to find different ways of dealing with it, even if it means over burdening the health systems imo.
IMO most governments are listening to epidemiologists too much and they're not paying enough attention to experts from other fields. Flattening the curve is a good strategy from epidemiologic pow, but in the big picture we're headed for a dead end, we can't keep this up for a year (or however long it takes), the consequences will be grave.
A lawyer is hardly a stupid profession, most good lawyers I know are twice as smart as the geniuses people elect to run countries and make these decisions.
A lawyer is hardly a stupid profession, most good lawyers I know are twice as smart as the geniuses people elect to run countries and make these decisions.
What I said earlier was reported by hospital personnel first in Italy and then New York. I am not the source, I am merely relaying what the people on the frontline have said/reported in official statements.
The CDC can't even assure a proper supply of basic medical equipment. Numerous facilities, some of which national Labs, with the capacity and technical equipment and know-how to process test results are sitting idle because the CDC has lacked the organization to use these resources. And you are gonna wait on them to tell you things that the medical personnel on the ground will be first to know?
By the time the CDC gets their shit together and make life-saving info widely available, this pandemic will be pretty much over.
And personal interpretation fueled by panic and fear? Really, you still catching up with the latest developments in reality? It was the modeling results that projected 2 Million dead or, best case scenario 200K or so, that scared Trump into reason, otherwise the baffoon was getting ready to open up the country (and those markets, aaahhh, those markets) by Easter.
What Trump realized on Monday, I had been telling you for weeks now. Why do you think I have been acting like this, personal interpretation fueled by fear and panic? No, my friend, I just had a much better idea what was coming and that's why I was/am so agitated by seeing this incompetent fuck botch the response to this pandemic in every imaginable way. I didn't have to see the official modeling results to have a pretty good idea what numbers of body bags we were gonna be looking at down the road.
It's not personal interpretation fueled by fear and panic, it's just a heavy dose of reality. I just don't have my head stuck up my ass ... About time you pulled out yours, as well.
The CDC can't even assure a proper supply of basic medical equipment. Numerous facilities, some of which national Labs, with the capacity and technical equipment and know-how to process test results are sitting idle because the CDC has lacked the organization to use these resources. And you are gonna wait on them to tell you things that the medical personnel on the ground will be first to know?
By the time the CDC gets their shit together and make life-saving info widely available, this pandemic will be pretty much over.
And personal interpretation fueled by panic and fear? Really, you still catching up with the latest developments in reality? It was the modeling results that projected 2 Million dead or, best case scenario 200K or so, that scared Trump into reason, otherwise the baffoon was getting ready to open up the country (and those markets, aaahhh, those markets) by Easter.
What Trump realized on Monday, I had been telling you for weeks now. Why do you think I have been acting like this, personal interpretation fueled by fear and panic? No, my friend, I just had a much better idea what was coming and that's why I was/am so agitated by seeing this incompetent fuck botch the response to this pandemic in every imaginable way. I didn't have to see the official modeling results to have a pretty good idea what numbers of body bags we were gonna be looking at down the road.
It's not personal interpretation fueled by fear and panic, it's just a heavy dose of reality. I just don't have my head stuck up my ass ... About time you pulled out yours, as well.
fuck off with that noise, also stop replying to my posts, not only do you not have anything I'm interested in hearing, you are a typical emotional wreck, first with the milan business and now this, I'm bad for your health, go cower in your corner and cry.
I think we would also have to assume how much this permanently affects the economy is dependant on what actions are taken by governments as well. I think Canada may fare better than the United States in relative terms as they seem to be much more willing to quickly provide direct aid to citizens, for example.
Here's an old article where researchers try to find a suicide rate due to unemployment.
Unemployment causes 45,000 suicides a year worldwide, finds study
https://www.theguardian.com/society...s-45000-suicides-a-year-worldwide-finds-study
The U-3 unemployment rate during the last recession in 2009 was around 10% in the US. According to calculations on the current situation, the U-3 unemployment rate will be around 30% or higher. So basically, the risk of suicide will be three times larger, at least 150,000 people just by extrapolating the data.
Unemployment causes 45,000 suicides a year worldwide, finds study
https://www.theguardian.com/society...s-45000-suicides-a-year-worldwide-finds-study
The U-3 unemployment rate during the last recession in 2009 was around 10% in the US. According to calculations on the current situation, the U-3 unemployment rate will be around 30% or higher. So basically, the risk of suicide will be three times larger, at least 150,000 people just by extrapolating the data.