To: jfd1776; neverdem; ProtectOurFreedom; Mother Abigail; EBH; vetvetdoug; Smokin' Joe; Global2010; ...
OK, I must ping to this, given the last line...
Bring Out Your Dead
Post to me or FReep mail to be on/off the Bring Out Your Dead ping list.
The purpose of the “Bring Out Your Dead” ping list (formerly the “Ebola” ping list) is very early warning of emerging pandemics, as such it has a high false positive rate.
The false positive rate was 100%.
At some point we may well have a high mortality pandemic, and likely as not the “Bring Out Your Dead” threads will miss the beginning entirely.
*sigh* Such is life, and death...
If a quarantine saves just one child's or one old fart’s life, it's worth it.
6 posted on
04/10/2020 3:51:05 PM PDT by
null and void
(By the pricking of my lungs, Something wicked this way comes ...)
To: null and void
Thank you, “Null and Void.”
Yes, regarding my last line... this is the issue that’s been bothering me the most since the beginning. My editor is probably getting tired of me making this point every other column, but it is the most illogical thing about it all.
Not that these lives shouldn’t matter - of course they should - but why only these, and not the others?
JFD
8 posted on
04/10/2020 3:57:14 PM PDT by
jfd1776
(John F. Di Leo, Illinois Review Columnist)
To: null and void
I don’t know about you, but I am NOT horrible, I am deplorable, and proud of it!
13 posted on
04/10/2020 4:39:48 PM PDT by
ConservativeInPA
(It's official! I'm nominated for the 2020 Mr. Hyperbole and Sarcasm Award.)
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