Posted on 04/02/2020 4:11:49 AM PDT by impimp
It’s just the flu, bro.
Today I am presenting new science that I developed that will improve the situation we are in with this Coronavirus. My qualifications to speak on epidemiological matters are listed below: 1, Flubros member for 13 days 2. I am smart and creative and read the internet
Herd immunity holds that when approximately 60% of a population gets a virus then the other 40% are way less likely to get it because there are fewer potential transmitters of the disease around.
Therefore, I introduce the new science concept of encouraging healthiness-differentiated social distancing - or HSD.
The public policy this new science points to is clear - only the sick, unhealthy, immune-compromised and old should be encouraged to social distance until The end of April. Everyone else (the young and healthy) should do more socializing and touching than they would normally do.
What is the effect of this? The largely asymptomatic healthy people get removed as potential vectors for the disease during the month of April. They would get exposed and go through a period of being communicable, but they would be socially distant from the vulnerable. Then, after the period of being contagious is over, they begin to socialize with the vulnerable.
This also “flattens the curve” as the healthy won’t be going to the doctor. This keeps the economy going.
The most important benefit is that it prevents the likelihood of a second outbreak like China is having. Undifferentiated social distancing (opposite of what I want) keeps the vulnerable continually at risk for infection. This is what China is doing and this is what we are doing.
Today I am presenting new science that I developed that will improve the situation we are in with this Coronavirus. My qualifications to speak on epidemiological matters are listed below: 1, Flubros member for 13 days 2. I am smart and creative and read the internet
Herd immunity holds that when approximately 60% of a population gets a virus then the other 40% are way less likely to get it because there are fewer potential transmitters of the disease around.
Therefore, I introduce the new science concept of encouraging healthiness-differentiated social distancing - or HSD.
The public policy this new science points to is clear - only the sick, unhealthy, immune-compromised and old should be encouraged to social distance until The end of April. Everyone else (the young and healthy) should do more socializing and touching than they would normally do.
What is the effect of this? The largely asymptomatic healthy people get removed as potential vectors for the disease during the month of April. They would get exposed and go through a period of being communicable, but they would be socially distant from the vulnerable. Then, after the period of being contagious is over, they begin to socialize with the vulnerable.
This also “flattens the curve” as the healthy won’t be going to the doctor. This keeps the economy going.
The most important benefit is that it prevents the likelihood of a second outbreak like China is having. Undifferentiated social distancing (opposite of what I want) keeps the vulnerable continually at risk for infection. This is what China is doing and this is what we are doing.
Flubros are welcome to post...I didn’t proofread the title.
I object. Appeal to authority.
Appeal to Authority
argumentum ad verecundiam (also known as: argument from authority, ipse dixit)
Description: Insisting that a claim is true simply because a valid authority or expert on the issue said it was true, without any other supporting evidence offered. Also see the appeal to false authority.
Just kidding. You are right, as usual.
#FlubroNation
LMAO! Fearper number one. Gets the first post.
You had one job.
Your opinion is hardly “science”.
:: (Today’s thread may be read by non-Flubros and Fearpers, but no posting) ::
They see me readin’
They be hatin’
Mornin’ impimp.
No influenza symptoms on me.
They be hatin’
It’s as sciencey as a lot of the stuff coming out of our pols and eggheads.
“Herd immunity holds that when approximately 60% of a population gets a virus then the other 40% are way less likely to get it because there are fewer potential transmitters of the disease around.”
Huh?
Maybe you meant there are fewer potential receivers of the disease around?
Looking at it that way, once 300 million people in the USA have died from it - odds are pretty good that the other 40 million won’t get it!
It makes more sense than locking populations up indefinitely waiting for a vaccine. However, I fear we are dealing with an unnatural virus being spread in an unnatural fashion, so all bets may be off.
Yes it is.
You hush.
Science!
GFY. Go back to delusional world of Q.
Trust Sessions!
I don’t disagree. My point is that there was no science in the OP.
I will not.
But your mama can.
#TrollScience
Your point is invalid as you lack the proper authority to make the assertion.
group hug!
The only really bad part of quarantining is that some people have more time to post prattle.
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