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10 Apr 2020, 11:32 am

Tw1ggy wrote:
It's not so much the coronavirus I fear as it is the global recession they say will be worse than The Great Depression.


Me too.



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10 Apr 2020, 12:02 pm

EzraS wrote:
Tw1ggy wrote:
It's not so much the coronavirus I fear as it is the global recession they say will be worse than The Great Depression.

Me too.

As I've witnessed rebuilding an economy from ruins, I'm not afraid of this, we can do it again.
I'm much more afraid of some... "solution to all their financial problems", as Tw1ggy named it.


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10 Apr 2020, 3:29 pm

War breaking out over this fiasco certainly is a possibility.



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11 Apr 2020, 7:06 am

EzraS wrote:
War breaking out over this fiasco certainly is a possibility.


True, though I think that it's unlikely. Some unrest and rebellions, sure, that might happen, but war? Hmm, well, perhaps a civil war in some of the countries that end up suffering the most, be it the economy or the people. Unless the production of food goes down in several countries; then those places might start attacking and invading others.



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14 Apr 2020, 5:20 pm

This is a new virus for humans, so our bodies aren't programmed to recognize and attack these enemy germs when they invade. It takes time for the body's systems to recognize and then deal with such an unknown enemy.

To further complicate things, this germ doesn't make you show symptoms for longer than the influenza, before you do start to get sick, so you are contagious longer before you know to stay away from other people.

Also, this germ continues making you contagious for up to 5 weeks after you feel well, so again, you can be spreading it to others when you think you are already done with it.

Nice, huh?


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18 Jun 2020, 1:54 pm

It's been reported that it affects your breathing and your kidneys.
Even those with no pre existing conditions died from it.

Its probably worse. It affects you for life afterwards, kidneys permanently damaged ect.



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19 Jun 2020, 1:52 pm

I'm interested in how many people die who did not have other serious problems before COVID19 showed up, vs. people who did. Dying *from* COVID19 is not the same as dying *with* it.

Anyone have a link to (recent) stats on that?


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19 Jun 2020, 1:57 pm

RadioDog wrote:
I'm interested in how many people die who did not have other serious problems before COVID19 showed up, vs. people who did. Dying *from* COVID19 is not the same as dying *with* it.

Anyone have a link to (recent) stats on that?

Something like this?
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-53073046
It compares overall deaths during the pandemics to expected number of deaths in that time for a number of countries.


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19 Jun 2020, 1:58 pm

EzraS wrote:
I think if lockdowns continue for the next several months, there won't be a recession, there will be a depression that will likely be much worse than the Great Depression.


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19 Jun 2020, 2:02 pm

I got an email from a doctor friend who said some of his doctor friends are in intensive care because of it.
Doctors aren't easily replaced. It takes a lot of training to become a doctor.



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19 Jun 2020, 2:04 pm

BTDT wrote:
Doctors aren't easily replaced.

Yes, hospital beds are, ventilators are, but doctors are not.


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