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COVID-19 Anxiety Will Destroy At Least Seven Times More Years Of Life Than The Lockdowns Save
Issues & Insights ^ | May 5, 2020 | Andrew Glen and James D. Agresti

Posted on 05/06/2020 8:20:48 PM PDT by CheshireTheCat

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To: caww

I never click on links from paid trolls.
Your link you read it.


61 posted on 05/07/2020 6:34:28 AM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: CheshireTheCat

I’m an expert, too.

What I hate about articles like this is that nobody knows if the lockdowns save lives or not - but they might. I put the probability of catastrophic worsening after lockdowns end at 25% - 30%. By no means the most likely outcome - but decidedly non-zero.

Predictions about the future of a new pathogen with less than six months of co-evolution with our species are idiotic. I understand the gravity of the economic situation and I understand the demand for predictions - I get paid to make them - but the truth is, no one knows what is going to happen and anyone who says otherwise is either a fool or a liar


62 posted on 05/07/2020 6:35:51 AM PDT by Jim Noble (There is nothing racist in stating plainly what most people already know)
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To: Wonder Warthog
Over 33 million out of work in just TWO MONTHS:

US weekly jobless claims total 3.169 million, bringing seven-week tally to 33.5 millionCNBC.com ^ | May 7 2020

http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3842514/posts

63 posted on 05/07/2020 6:38:03 AM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: cloudmountain

“This country didn’t just get off the turnip truck.”

You could have fooled me. We’re acting so stupidly Idiocracy was a documentary.


64 posted on 05/07/2020 6:50:48 AM PDT by CodeToad (Arm Up! They Have!)
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To: SmokingJoe

I understand your misplaced feelings and sorry you’re upset. Perhaps now is a good time to explore other options and then you can decide what’s best for you.


65 posted on 05/07/2020 6:53:04 AM PDT by caww
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To: caww

What on earth are you blathering about?
You know you could always slither back to the rock you crawled out from right?


66 posted on 05/07/2020 6:57:03 AM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: SmokingJoe
"Like what for example?"

Like the chemical analysis equipment "my" (and my colleagues, of course) designed, established supply chains for, and sold (and are still selling...even a few into CHINA). The difference between us is that "I" actually DID IT, and YOU "read about it in Forbes".

67 posted on 05/07/2020 7:05:29 AM PDT by Wonder Warthog (The Hog of Steel and NRA Life Member)
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To: SmokingJoe
"Over 33 million out of work in just TWO MONTHS:"

And how many will be back at work in ANOTHER TWO MONTHS? It's ALREADY happening.

68 posted on 05/07/2020 7:07:10 AM PDT by Wonder Warthog (The Hog of Steel and NRA Life Member)
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To: Wonder Warthog
In two months, even more small businesses will collapse in deep blue states like New York, New Jersey and Michigan, throwing even more people out of work. DeBlasio has already indicated he has no intention of lifting the lockdowns any time soon. If anything he just tightened the lockdowns even more just this week.
Small businesses can't be turned off and on like a tap. By the time he finally decides to end the quarantines, DeBlasio together with Cuomo would have put most small businesses in New York (the engine of the economy) out if business permanently. Businesses that people have spent their entire lives building.
Again, you have no idea what the heck you are talking about.
69 posted on 05/07/2020 7:35:18 AM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: Wonder Warthog

Ah yes..the non existent “chemical company” that you and your fellow paid trolls plucked right out of your butt and posted on FR.
Chuckle.
Next you will tell us you are Bill Gates in disguise.


70 posted on 05/07/2020 7:39:21 AM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: SmokingJoe

I’m done. I am not going to try to dialog with name-callers. Get lost MoFo.


71 posted on 05/07/2020 8:08:20 AM PDT by Wonder Warthog (The Hog of Steel and NRA Life Member)
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To: SmokingJoe

Oh so you’re still not feeling any better after all. Perhaps just a good nights sleep will bring you relief. Then we can finish our conversation tomorrow....until then sleep well...


72 posted on 05/07/2020 8:09:41 AM PDT by caww
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To: SmokingJoe

Oh so you’re still not feeling any better after all. Perhaps just a good nights sleep will bring you relief. Then we can finish our conversation tomorrow....until then sleep well...


73 posted on 05/07/2020 8:09:42 AM PDT by caww
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To: Wonder Warthog

You call your drive by trolling “dialog”?


74 posted on 05/07/2020 8:22:16 AM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: caww

You are a bat too?
You sleep during the day?


75 posted on 05/07/2020 8:29:20 AM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: P-Marlowe

Totally agree.


76 posted on 05/07/2020 9:07:35 AM PDT by sanjuanbob (Yes, I CAN take a joke /s)
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To: alstewartfan
Yes. I am not a fool. Who is looking to hire a fresh college graduate now? Anyone? Trump’s “tough decisions” turned out to be a slow 3-step process. Destruction has been rapid. Growth is painstakingly slow.

Your standard of achievement is the USA.
You have NO idea what destruction and lack of growth mean in the rest of the world.
But that's okay. DON'T ever bother to see anyplace south of our border, Africa, most of Asia or even Russia.
You MIGHT come back with an improved image of our country and economy. Yikes!!!

DON'T ever bother to leave this country, for ANY reason.

77 posted on 05/07/2020 9:36:27 AM PDT by cloudmountain
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To: alstewartfan
BTW, I am not scared, but furious. I have kids and grandkids. Millions of US lives destroyed, hundreds of millions around the world facing starvation. NOT a media lie!

Wasted anger.
There is NOTHING you can do to help the starving people in the world. NOT A DARN THING.

You CAN help the people in your own bailiwick. There are reputable charities. The oldest, most reliable and most self giving is Catholic Charities. They've been doing it for EONS.
It's so honest, reliable and efficient that our USA foreign aid is distributed through Catholic Charities.

There MUST be folks in your parish or church who need help. You could always VOLUNTEER.

But, anger? Waste of time.

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Oh yeah, I almost forgot. There is always PRAYER.

78 posted on 05/07/2020 9:40:52 AM PDT by cloudmountain
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To: SmokingJoe
Huh? Unemployment claims are re human beings claiming unemployment. Its up by 30 million since the lockdowns. There is no “if” or “but” about it. What drugs are you on?

LOL.
YOU are the smoker...not me.

But, then YOU believe WHATEVER the media tell you. GOOD for you.

.

.

By the way, there is some WONDERFUL land to be bought in Florida...

79 posted on 05/07/2020 9:43:15 AM PDT by cloudmountain
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To: cloudmountain

Talk to people who are losing their homes, jobs and businesses. Talk to me when or if we re-open, and you see for yourself the inhumane cascade of millions of destroyed lives.


80 posted on 05/07/2020 9:44:30 AM PDT by alstewartfan (One day he just washed up on the shores of his regrets. May his soul rest in peace. Al S.)
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