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The Great Coronavirus War Is Upon Us
Townhall.com ^ | March 12, 2020 | Victor, Davis Hanson

Posted on 03/12/2020 4:41:18 AM PDT by Kaslin

Try this thought experiment. Envision the coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, as a living, breathing enemy -- which, of course, is exactly what it is.

But imagine for a moment that we are in real war with a cognizant, thinking and clever enemy whose sole reason to live is to hurt, maim or kill as many of us as it can.

COVID-19 may not have jets, tanks or nukes, like our past enemies. But its arsenal, numbers, cunning and willpower are said to be formidable.

To win its war against Americans, COVID-19 must infect and sicken lots of Americans each day. If it cannot infect enough victims to multiply and sustain a hungry army of viruses, COVID-19 will soon sputter and die. It will get trapped in just a few hosts among an otherwise victorious and healthy nation of about 330 million.

Nature has given COVID-19 some weapons that its defeated cousins -- the H1N1 swine flu and the MERS and SARS viruses -- lacked.

It is more clever by being less lethal -- and a little tougher in its ability to live outside a host. Viral resiliency ensures that it rarely turns into a suicide bomber by dying with a terminally sick host, and that it does not perish so quickly when orphaned in the air and on surfaces.

The coronavirus has allies. It infiltrates our defenses by using our own weapons against us -- our dirty hands, the habitual touching of the face, and indiscreet sneezing and coughing.

Poor personal and public hygiene gives the virus some sustenance and camouflage. To win -- defined as sickening or killing thousands of us -- COVID-19 counts on our laxity. It hates careful individuals who block its invasion into the eyes, nose and mouth.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bloggers; chinavirus; communityspread; coronavirus; covid19; hysterics; sarscov2; vdh; vdhchinavirus
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To: Travis McGee
So your chart is looking up the mouse butt, so what? This thing is mostly over here by Tax Day. And with the DOW then at 1000, sell gold at 20K/oz and buy blue chips, not entirely unlike after 9/11.


161 posted on 03/12/2020 2:10:35 PM PDT by StAnDeliver (CNN's Dana B: "Show of hands: Coverage for undocumented immigrants?" ***all Democrat hands raised***)
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To: StAnDeliver
People that look to a virus to politicize it against Trump ...

Or to prosecute their version of the 'way things ought to be harrumph' for the umpteenth time ...

Are going to be sorely disappointed in *checks the mouse* about a month.

Because it's a f------g virus.

162 posted on 03/12/2020 2:15:56 PM PDT by StAnDeliver (CNN's Dana B: "Show of hands: Coverage for undocumented immigrants?" ***all Democrat hands raised***)
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To: Elsie; LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget
Try this site: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/

At bottom you can select different country reported rates with very good graphs/numbers.


Courtesy of LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget post.

Link: https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3823686/posts?page=7#7

163 posted on 03/12/2020 2:17:45 PM PDT by Tunehead54 (Nothing funny here ;-)
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To: AndyJackson
No! That is the point of exponential increases.

I tend to disagree.

I feel the RATE/percentage of change is what is relevant. 10,000 victims in China vs 10,000 victims in Tonga are NOT the same.

164 posted on 03/12/2020 2:32:28 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Mrs. Don-o

We do agree on important stuff!


165 posted on 03/12/2020 2:33:26 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: grey_whiskers

I just got home from Wallyworld; where it looks like folks are stocking up for a week long blizzard!!


166 posted on 03/12/2020 2:40:08 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Elsie

Lol....it’s gonna be longer than a week! Go back to WW!


167 posted on 03/12/2020 2:40:58 PM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.cuase)
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To: 21twelve

I think it’s called Triage.


168 posted on 03/12/2020 2:44:00 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: null and void

We all gonna die some day; at some age.

Have y’all made plans for when the eventuality DOES finally occur?


169 posted on 03/12/2020 2:49:52 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Georgia Girl 2
Warm weather for most of us is only weeks away.

Australia, South America and South Africa thank you for the reminder.

170 posted on 03/12/2020 2:51:26 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Lazamataz

Time to buy up funeral home, casket, backhoe, and escort service stocks.


171 posted on 03/12/2020 2:53:33 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Elsie

I was planning on being parted out, but I don’t know if that’s still an option.


172 posted on 03/12/2020 2:54:12 PM PDT by null and void (By the pricking of my lungs, Something wicked this way comes ...)
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To: null and void

Now where is the chart for the absolute numbers?


173 posted on 03/12/2020 2:54:45 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Elsie

https://gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6


174 posted on 03/12/2020 2:57:16 PM PDT by null and void (By the pricking of my lungs, Something wicked this way comes ...)
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To: Elsie

IF you can get it to load...


175 posted on 03/12/2020 2:58:07 PM PDT by null and void (By the pricking of my lungs, Something wicked this way comes ...)
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To: Jane Long

(We only get enough stuff to fill ONE cart each trip)


176 posted on 03/12/2020 2:59:05 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: null and void

Me; too; but I think most of my parts are pretty much used up by now.


177 posted on 03/12/2020 3:00:04 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Elsie

Broken down by age group? No Idea. Hasn’t come over my transom.


178 posted on 03/12/2020 3:03:28 PM PDT by null and void (By the pricking of my lungs, Something wicked this way comes ...)
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To: Elsie

I don’t even still have all of mine...


179 posted on 03/12/2020 3:04:18 PM PDT by null and void (By the pricking of my lungs, Something wicked this way comes ...)
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To: Elsie
I feel the RATE/percentage of change is what is relevant.

We are saying the same thing. If the rate of exponentiation is the same for two countries, with a slight adjustment in time the eventual impact is going to be the same.

180 posted on 03/12/2020 3:22:32 PM PDT by AndyJackson
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