CoronaBro Meltdown/SARS-Covid-19 Spitballing Thread

[bucket]

Every point can be destroyed

[DaBigTrain]

Man


https://twitter.com/sheriffclarke/status/1239318325097910272

[K-S-U-Wildcats!]

Do you have elderly parents or grandparents? I hope you're not encouraging them to go out to lunch at the club because some posters on goEMAW posted a lot about Russiagate.

I do have parents in the at-risk, and I do recommend they take added precautions. That is not inconsistent with any of the points I raised.

[bucket]

Man


https://twitter.com/sheriffclarke/status/1239318325097910272

@riley

[steve dave]

Man


https://twitter.com/sheriffclarke/status/1239318325097910272

Christ, there are a lot of stupid and low quality human beings out there.


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[michigancat]

Do you have elderly parents or grandparents? I hope you're not encouraging them to go out to lunch at the club because some posters on goEMAW posted a lot about Russiagate.

I do have parents in the at-risk, and I do recommend they take added precautions. That is not inconsistent with any of the points I raised.

Is one of those precautions avoiding contact with people who were at a ski resort this weekend for at least two weeks? If not, it should be.

[michigancat]

Do you have elderly parents or grandparents? I hope you're not encouraging them to go out to lunch at the club because some posters on goEMAW posted a lot about Russiagate.

I do have parents in the at-risk, and I do recommend they take added precautions. That is not inconsistent with any of the points I raised.

Is one of those precautions avoiding contact with people who were at a ski resort this weekend for at least two weeks? If not, it should be.

And they probably shouldn't be leaving the house at all either given there's a lot of people out there spreading it and don't realize it.

[420seriouscat69]

Man


https://twitter.com/sheriffclarke/status/1239318325097910272

You’ve literally caused more risk to humanity in the last 24 hours vs these monsters you fear, but keep posting. Holy eff, TBT! Eat crap!

[DaBigTrain]

[Institutional Control]

https://twitter.com/jeremyklemin/status/1239218272521859073?s=21.


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[Spracne]

https://twitter.com/jeremyklemin/status/1239218272521859073?s=21.


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Ouch!

[mocat]

https://twitter.com/alyssakeiko/status/1239232521541484545?s=19

[K-S-U-Wildcats!]

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[Justwin]

If I were President I’d be all over $97.5 billion to save a few thousand citizens. How much do you think we spend in antiterrorism efforts?

That's not how these things work.  The $97.5 billion is the value of the hundreds of thousands of lives saved.  If you're causing/incurring more than $97.5 billion in costs, it's not worth it.

[bucket]

If I were President I’d be all over $97.5 billion to save a few thousand citizens. How much do you think we spend in antiterrorism efforts?

That's not how these things work.  The $97.5 billion is the value of the hundreds of thousands of lives saved.  If you're causing/incurring more than $97.5 billion in costs, it's not worth it.

Sorry, bubby 

[mocat]

Speaking of long.... In all seriousness, people should do what they want to do. I’m not upset by people deciding to isolate. I am pretty upset about governments mandating that businesses shut down, which is probably illegal and economically destructive.

Herewith I’m going to posit some things which I believe to be common sense. If you disagree, well ok then.

1. Had the current state of social media, and specifically twitter and twitter-journalism, existed during events such as H1N1, Y2K, etc. the hysteria over those events would have been worse. I hope we can at least agree so far. I would therefore posit that it is likely that at least a portion of the current magnitude of hysteria is due to the social media echo-chamber.

2. At least some progressives are hoping that this outbreak will be a calamity for the economy and/or Trump (and an economic catastrophe is a catastrophe for Trump) because Trump was otherwise sailing to reelection against a horrific dem field. And, most journos are Trump-hating progressives. Put these facts together, and again, it is at least somewhat likely that some journos have mixed motivation in their reporting and furthering of hysteria.

3. Many of the posters here who are freaking out about this virus were also freaking out about Trump colluding with Russia. One more reason not to invest too heavily in Twitter-journalism, especially when you add a dollop of politics (see above).

4. Most politicians aren’t leaders so much as they are political weathervanes. So a gov shutting down restaurants should never be cited as proof of how serious something is. To a politician, their incentive is never be accused of “not doing enough” for which they would be hammered politically. They won’t be similarly hammered for doing too much because, hey, they were just following recommendations or what other leaders were doing.

5. The chicken littles, whether in government, media, or everyday walks of life, will never admit they overreacted. For three reasons: (1) they’ll always point to the draconian steps that were taken, even if they seriously harm the economy, as the reason for why the death toll didn’t hit the dreadful numbers of those simulations, (2) there’s always going to be a new study, a new tweet, to which they’ll cling, and (3) hey, they were just taking responsible precautions. But sending us into an economic depression is not responsible.

All of these are reasons to be skeptical. All I’m asking is to approach this issue not with disbelief, but with skepticism and perspective. These are things that many journalists have long since abandoned.

Is all of this based on like a gut feeling or

[bucket]

It's all sad, losing arguments.

[michigancat]

https://twitter.com/WSJ/status/1239375848379219968

[sys]

https://twitter.com/MonaSalama_/status/1239372325260341251

[catastrophe]

If I were President I’d be all over $97.5 billion to save a few thousand citizens. How much do you think we spend in antiterrorism efforts?

*A few hundred thousand citizens

I mean I’d do it for a few thousand. Anyone it helps above that is just gravy.

[michigancat]

https://twitter.com/CDPHE/status/1239297941447290881

summary: don't go see grandpa for a couple weeks, K-Dub

[michigancat]

If I were President I’d be all over $97.5 billion to save a few thousand citizens. How much do you think we spend in antiterrorism efforts?

*A few hundred thousand citizens

I mean I’d do it for a few thousand. Anyone it helps above that is just gravy.

regardless, his math is laughable anyway given he was previously going on and on about the unintended consequences of slowing down economic activity in any way

[LickNeckey]

hey KSUW don't worry Waks is happy to meet you for drinks

 

[Justwin]

If I were President I’d be all over $97.5 billion to save a few thousand citizens. How much do you think we spend in antiterrorism efforts?

*A few hundred thousand citizens

I mean I’d do it for a few thousand. Anyone it helps above that is just gravy.

As stated before, $97.5 billion is not the cost for a few thousand, it's the benefit for a several hundred thousand.

Also, if you're willing to spend $97.5 billion for a few thousand citizens, would you also be willing to spend $3.25 quadrillion to save 100 million citizens?  If so, how would you do that?

[Kat Kid]

If I were President I’d be all over $97.5 billion to save a few thousand citizens. How much do you think we spend in antiterrorism efforts?

*A few hundred thousand citizens

I mean I’d do it for a few thousand. Anyone it helps above that is just gravy.

As stated before, $97.5 billion is not the cost for a few thousand, it's the benefit for a several hundred thousand.

Also, if you're willing to spend $97.5 billion for a few thousand citizens, would you also be willing to spend $3.25 quadrillion to save 100 million citizens?  If so, how would you do that?

Are you familiar with literally any US history at all?