https://mobile.twitter.com/uofl/status/1252978596915957760?s=21
Oh?
Weāre flattening the curve, not reducing itās total area.
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And when we stop doing the things that flatten the curve after a month or two what happens then?
How many more people would die if we all got sick at once?
This is only true if things donāt get incredibly ugly down the road. I wouldnāt bet too hard on that if I were you. Weāre looking at reopening at the fucking peak right now. Youād be 100% correct if we actually flattened the curveā¦ but Iām pretty worried weāve just delayed it.
You guys are all missing my point. I am all for lockdowns/flattening the curve. I am saying IF we stop doing the things that are flattening the curve and get OPEN FOR BUSINESS does it really matter much if we overran the hospitals in April 2020 or June 2020?
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In Atlanta, marketing emails are starting to come in from gyms and restaurants.
Iāve gotten 2 restaurant emails so far. One said weāre not opening for sit-down yet. Another had a survey of customers, who apparently responded that they are not comfortable opening for sit down, so they also will not open.
One gym said they will not open despite being allowed, until at least June 1. Another gym will open Friday, but is maxing capacity at 12 and requiring advance sign up for the slots (itās a decent sized gym, but 12 seems a lot for this gym).
Iām guessing the main changes will be fast food and counter service places, which donāt really need to make any adjustments to allow dine-in service.
By then itās probably gone through enough of the population that opening things up wonāt lead to hospitals overcrowding.
Okay fair point. Yes I think itās easy to make such stupid decisions that we nullify any benefit we previously manifested
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Best estimates are that somewhere between 1-5% of us have had this. That is a negligible impact frankly if this thing is just allowed to run its course.
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Assumes you canāt get it twice (immunity not proven, or for how long if immune)
And isnāt that exactly what a big portion of our government is pushing for? Thatās my point. Getting OPEN FOR BUSINESS now or even 2 months from now will still result in only a slightly better result as just never shutting down.
Obviously what we should be doing is buying time to let the total number of cases/deaths decline and implement wide spread testing/tracing. That is not what we are doing. So how does it matter if this thing went buck wild in April or buck wild in a few months. Flattening the curve only matters if you stick with it or use the time wisely to implement other things that will matter.
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Iām not educated enough to have more than an opinion on this, so I will listen to what others ITT have to say in response.
Your pony was used for the adhesive on the double sided boob tape of the braless ladies at Churchill Downs on Derby Day.
Of course my pony got ground into dog found for poorly linking the story wo preview.
LOL Thatāll teach you to post a link without first checking whether the link populates a preview
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Probably not. Theoretically weād be better situated with tests, helpful therapies, etc but lolTrump.
Obv, follow the logic dude. We can do anything we want as long as it only affects ourselvesā¦ and any others we might come into contact with at some point in the future.
Did that stop extended families from gathering during the season?
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But seriously, you are right. Right now is nothing compared to what is to come. We are still in the calm before the storm.
Dunno, mine certainly didnāt. I took a long walk on Easter through my heavily Catholic city and saw a few get togethers, but not many. Plus if youāre just talking about Easter dinner thatās not uniquely Catholic at all.