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Muh Muh Muh My Corona (virus)

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Twirling Time, Jan 21, 2020.

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  1. Junkie

    Junkie Well-Known Member

    No, it doesn't refute it. Look at Vietnam. It's the 11th most densely populated country, with nearly 100 million people in a space 1/30th the size of the US. Yet they have almost no cases. And when they had a tiny uptick in August, they contact traced the shit out of it and now, yes, it's gone again. It's been nearly two months since they had a community transmission. Why? Because everyone there wears masks. Everyone.
     
    Junkie, Oct 20, 2020
    #13993
  2. playthrough

    playthrough Moderator Staff Member

    And you'll have Thanksgiving and Christmas, where people who have otherwise been careful for months might let their guard down and do extended-family stuff (to say nothing of the anti-Covid crowd, who will just live it up as usual). And the cycle continues.
     
    playthrough, Oct 20, 2020
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  3. tapintoamerica

    tapintoamerica Well-Known Member

    But guess what happens a week from Saturday? Pac 12 Football !!
    It seems the University of Utah's community has already met one of the conditions that would compel a shutdown of football. Or so we were told back in the summer. But now that they're about to get going, they can't be stopped.
     
    tapintoamerica, Oct 20, 2020
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  4. Twirling Time

    Twirling Time Well-Known Member

    We are at 8 million reported COVID cases in the U.S., which most experts say is more like 80 million. So we are about a third of the way to herd immunity. By the time Biden places his hand on the Koran we'll probably already be at 50%. We'll only have 20% to go minimum. Whether we get a vaccine first or we get full infection (and herd immunity the hard way) is right now a coin flip.
     
    Twirling Time, Oct 20, 2020
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  5. doctorquant

    doctorquant Well-Known Member

    Um ... A: What the fuck are you doing there?
    and ... B: If you have to be there Godspeed and try to stay safe.
     
    doctorquant, Oct 20, 2020
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  6. Cosmo

    Cosmo Well-Known Member

    I think TV mentioned a family emergency on another thread.
     
    Cosmo, Oct 20, 2020
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  7. doctorquant

    doctorquant Well-Known Member

    Oh dear ... best wishes and all that.
     
    doctorquant, Oct 20, 2020
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  8. Slacker

    Slacker Well-Known Member

    Meanwhile, at a health food store in LA: Why be a slave only to the mask?

    The gimp also earns dog biscuits for social distancing. Who's a good boy!?!!

    [​IMG]
     
    Slacker, Oct 20, 2020
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  9. BTExpress

    BTExpress Well-Known Member

    FYI, Vietnam is THE least obese nation in the world (2.1%).

    We figuring this out yet?
     
    BTExpress, Oct 20, 2020
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  10. RickStain

    RickStain Well-Known Member

    The size of the obesity correlation with negative outcomes is way smaller than you think it is
     
    RickStain, Oct 21, 2020
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  11. BTExpress

    BTExpress Well-Known Member

    "outcomes," yes. Once you get it.

    But you have to get it to have an outcome.

    What do the stats say about non-obese people's susceptibility to contract the virus in the first place?
     
    BTExpress, Oct 21, 2020
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  12. SFIND

    SFIND Well-Known Member

    I didn't realize you have a higher chance of catching a virus if you're fat. I guess it makes sense -- got to breathe in more air, amirite?

    Thanks for the info, BTE!
     
    SFIND, Oct 21, 2020
    #14004
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