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The U.S. Has Flattened the Curve. Next Up Is 'Squashing' It — and That's Not Going Well
Time ^ | APRIL 27, 2020 | Chris Wilson

Posted on 04/27/2020 7:54:39 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican

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To: BenLurkin

It’s been Ground Hog Day for six weeks for me.

Yes, enough time has passed, the curve has flattened, we have all sorts of hospital capacity and “ventilators,” we know more about the nature of the virus and can test for it, and now we’re being played.


41 posted on 04/27/2020 8:46:13 PM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: rfp1234
"Today’s youth? Who knows what the heck they believe in."

I wouldn't be questioning the yutes...I question we oldsters....turns out we've got the biggest wimps imaginable in our generation....biggest wimps and biggest totalitarians as long as they keep getting their govt check...

42 posted on 04/27/2020 8:47:30 PM PDT by cherry
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To: DannyTN
Not according to the surgeon general

In an interview on Fox News' "Fox & Friends" on Monday, Adams said wearing face masks could actually increase a person's risk of contracting the coronavirus.

"You can increase your risk of getting it by wearing a mask if you are not a health care provider," Adams said. "Folks who don't know how to wear them properly tend to touch their faces a lot and actually can increase the spread of coronavirus," he added.


This said as governors continue to mandate masks in public. More proof that nobody knows what the hell people are supposed to be doing.
43 posted on 04/27/2020 8:49:09 PM PDT by mmichaels1970
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To: BradyLS
our hospital is just empty..just empty....as is the big big hospital across town.....

people had better wake up...

covid is serious, very serious, but the over reaction is the death knell to our country...we are ripe for takeover by leftist totalitarians...

44 posted on 04/27/2020 8:51:13 PM PDT by cherry
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To: DannyTN
Since nobody knows whether they are asymptomatic or not, everyone needs to wear a mask.

So eat in restaurants are closed, henceforth and forevermore?

Liberty, not safety.

Eat at your own risk.

F being "safe"!

45 posted on 04/27/2020 8:52:03 PM PDT by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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To: null and void

Ive been trying to flatten the curve around my waist. Think i’ll have to quarantine the M&Ms.


46 posted on 04/27/2020 8:54:09 PM PDT by Redcitizen (Nobody needs a 10 round magazine. You need a 30 round magazine.)
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To: cherry

Our hospital closed down. Temporary closure until in and out patient appointments come back.


47 posted on 04/27/2020 8:55:20 PM PDT by mmichaels1970
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To: MinorityRepublican

I don’t see where Singapore is out of control. It has had more than 14,000 cases, and out of that, a total of only 14 people who died. A mortality rate of less than 0.1% Out of a population of about six million, that’s about 0.0002%.


48 posted on 04/27/2020 8:56:39 PM PDT by raisetheroof ("To become Red is to become dead --- gradually." Alexander Solzhenitsyn)
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To: mmichaels1970

He said that to keep people from buying masks because there was a shortage for the healthcare providers and first responders.

The CDC has now recommended face coverings for everyone.


49 posted on 04/27/2020 8:56:53 PM PDT by DannyTN
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To: DannyTN

Oh so he lied. Well that’s inspiring.


50 posted on 04/27/2020 9:01:19 PM PDT by mmichaels1970
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To: MinorityRepublican

The o ly thing that is going to squash the curve is a good vaccine. Democrat politicians accepting HCQ/zinc/z-pack combo would flatten the curve further.


51 posted on 04/27/2020 9:04:12 PM PDT by Crucial
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To: raisetheroof

They were doing well initally but they didnt pay attention to living conditions of their immigrants so that's where the disease gained a foothold.

52 posted on 04/27/2020 9:06:50 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: mmichaels1970

Well he had to lie so he could save the lives of our health professionals and first responders. And remember, we cannot trust the government.


53 posted on 04/27/2020 9:09:14 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

Linear plots of this are pretty useless. Please show a logarithmic plot.


54 posted on 04/27/2020 9:15:45 PM PDT by norcal joe
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To: MinorityRepublican

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/singapore/

The logarithmic plot of cases in Singapore show it’s flattened the curve, and the deaths per day for the last month are pretty much constant at 1 per day, +/- 1.


55 posted on 04/27/2020 9:26:18 PM PDT by norcal joe
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To: mmichaels1970

Sometimes the mask slips, eh? Good catch!


56 posted on 04/27/2020 9:35:53 PM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: dp0622

God Bless your mother. She sounds like a strong, sensible woman with spunk.

She is spot on. We HAVE to open the country. There’s no alternative.

A Great Depression will kill more people than this virus ever could.

I’m so sick of the fear mongers comparing the WuFlu to diseases such as the Spanish Flu. The Spanish Flu was an absolute horror show and a virus to fear. The WuFlu isn’t even in the same category. It’s a bad cold compared to the Spanish Flu.

An interesting observation from the Spanish Flu pandemic: Patients in the Open Air Field Hospitals were three times more likely to survive the virus and healed much quicker. The fresh air and sunshine helped kill the virus.

That fact alone should be a strong argument against the draconian lockdowns.

Best of luck to you and your mother.

BTW, today was my mother’s 78th Birthday. She would kill me if she knew that I revealed that on a public forum, LOL.


57 posted on 04/27/2020 9:36:36 PM PDT by CrimsonTidegirl (“Welcome Down to my Planet Hell”- Nightwish)
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To: dp0622

The point of the lockdowns was to keep the hospitals from overflowing. That has been done and I’m grateful. Things are starting to open up and I hope folks will be careful.

People will still get sick and die. And if the numbers start rising to the point of threatening the hospital system again, things will start to shut down again.


58 posted on 04/27/2020 9:38:41 PM PDT by 21twelve (Ever Vigilant. Never Fearful!)
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To: DannyTN

Masks do not stop the spread


59 posted on 04/27/2020 9:39:56 PM PDT by Mom MD
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To: norcal joe

Oh but the linear looks SO much scarier. Gotta use the linear doncha know.


60 posted on 04/27/2020 9:41:08 PM PDT by mmichaels1970
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