not sure, tbh. That definitely might be a factor.
My hunch is that we’re going to identify some other factor besides luck.
I have no doubt that luck is a factor, but I’d be very surprised that after studying all of these cases we’re going to get, there isn’t some other factor that we haven’t yet identified which predisposes young healthy people who get it to go downhill really fast.
Since we don’t know what it is, it’s going to look like just bad luck now. And if it turns out to be some sort of genetic factor, the I guess it is in some sense “bad luck”, but it wouldn’t be random.
They’re going to try to lie all the way through this. “Presumptive positive” will become fake news. Both sides. Tut tut. It doesn’t matter if some know the truth as long as Rs can pretend the death count is much lower.
What the fuck are they doing with all the money they collect? $100k for 4 days in intensive care and they can’t keep the lights on?
Bad news, WA had reported 269 today. Not enough data points either way.
They’re going to charge like $400k for a month in ICU for coronavirus. Maybe insurance pays $200k and they’ll go after the patient for the rest. They can’t keep the lights on with that?
If I could get just one message out to all the people struggling to meet debt obligations it would be that it’s ok to tell everybody to fuck off and walk away. Fear of bankruptcy/bad credit seems to cause many people to endure shit that’s far worse than just going bankrupt and having bad credit.
I had a completely trashed credit score for over a decade. It definitely sucks, but it’s not the end of the world. You can still get through life, and I never had to pay back the debts that ruined my credit in the first place.
When I decided to fix my credit, it took less than 6 months to be respectable. Within a year and a half I had a brand new truck and bought a house. Current credit score is ~775, and I could easily pass 800 with minimal effort. It isn’t that hard to game this shit.
While some of y’all were hoarding toilet paper and ramen noodles, I’ve been hoarding unsecured credit. I’ve added almost $30k this month. If/when shit goes sideways, I’m going to start using all of it. I’m going to buy and buy and buy. I will pay all my bills with credit. I will take out cash advances at 25%. I will make low interest loan payments with high interest credit cards. I will only pay the bare minimum each month for as long as I can until the whole thing inevitably collapses.
And then I will say “lol fuck off” and walk away.
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I’ve heard worse financial advice.
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They don’t have to flatten the curve if they can flatten the perception of the curve.
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Doing this because you have no better options is understandable. Planning to do it on purpose is bad and you should feel bad.
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Naw
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This medium article was written by someone who has no relevant expertise in anything related to virii or modeling or anything else.
However it was cited over and over by the right wing derposphere to claim things are overblown and the numbers are not bad.
You know how the right likes to coalesce around a single ignorant source/example even if opposed by hundreds of experts.
https://mobile.twitter.com/davidfrum/status/1241568323273400320/photo/1
Why? It’s not something I intend to do if I can avoid it obviously, but if somebody does with full knowledge of the potential consequences, what’s the problem? Rich people go bankrupt in all sorts of clever ways all the time, but the middle class has been conditioned to believe it is a sign of great personal failing to be avoided at all costs, often to their own detriment. Fuck that. Default on your debt and take advantage of every angle you have available to you.
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From that animated video that someone posted earlier, it’s the immune response that does the damage, so the more active the person’s immune system, the more damage to the lungs. After the damage, bacteria that are normally fine (IIRC) can get in and infect the lungs, and overwhelm the immune system. So my very non-expert hypothesis is that people with eczema or other immune system disorders might be more susceptible.
I haven’t seen anything about this anywhere, so it’s probably BS, but I’m being protective of my wife, who has an autoimmune disorder.
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I posted in this or another thread that my wife has lupus as well. Scary times
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I’m not exactly sure what you meant by “buy and buy and buy”, but if it’s for food and shelter and you don’t have means to pay for it otherwise, sure, knock yourself out. If it’s hookers, weed, and jet skis, then that’s a different story. And obviously there is a grey area in between.
It wasn’t clear from you earlier post that “It’s not something I intend to do if I can avoid it”. That changes things entirely. If that’s the case, then I’ve got no problem with it. In fact, I would say it would be stupid not to do it. Having that as a failsafe is prudent.