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Douthat: Why Coronavirus is Winning

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  • jon-nycJ Online
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    jon-nyc
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    #1

    Interesting read, captures my thoughts and pessimism well.

    https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/06/opinion/coronavirus-covid-19-lockdown.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage

    Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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    • HoraceH Offline
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      Horace
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      #2

      Good piece, but I don't really think Coronavirus is winning.

      Education is extremely important.

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      • MikM Away
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        Mik
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        It's a most excellent piece. Where it goes from here remains to be seen, but the only thing that will save us from a second wave is if the virus dies off in summer.

        "The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell." Simone Weil

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          jon-nyc
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          #4

          Or a treatment breakthrough. That would be too soon for a vaccine breakthrough

          Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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          • KlausK Offline
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            Klaus
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            It's pretty much over over here. No signs of a second wave yet, despite life going back to normal.

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              #6

              From the article:

              "But the rules bought time for warmer weather and social adaptations and hopefully a slower spread, they bought time for hospitals and masks and medical equipment, they brought us at least some distance closer to a vaccine — and on the evidence of the stock market and the jobs numbers, they did so without creating the total economic calamity that many on the right were prophesying" [and many on the left ardently hoped for].

              FIFY NYT.

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                Loki
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                #7

                Thanks for that. I missed it. I agree.

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                • MikM Mik

                  It's a most excellent piece. Where it goes from here remains to be seen, but the only thing that will save us from a second wave is if the virus dies off in summer.

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                  @Mik said in Douthat: Why Coronavirus is Winning:

                  It's a most excellent piece. Where it goes from here remains to be seen, but the only thing that will save us from a second wave is if the virus dies off in summer.

                  In February I predicted that those that were saying that both sides would declare they were correct, no matter what:

                  "See? We told you it would be horrible!"
                  "See? We told you it wouldn't be that bad!"

                  My next prediction? 6 Months from now, both sides will declare they were correct.

                  "There was a second wave! It could have/should have been avoided!"
                  "Second wave? That small blip? Please..."

                  The Brad

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                    I've been told we're not going back into the office until September 1st at the earliest. The company I work for is very big on risk mitigation.

                    Last week our CEO said Covid was single largest insurance event in history.

                    This isn't over yet.

                    I was only joking

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                    • MikM Away
                      MikM Away
                      Mik
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                      No, it's not. We're having a friend come over for dinner on the deck tonight. That's a big thing.

                      "The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell." Simone Weil

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                      • LuFins DadL LuFins Dad

                        @Mik said in Douthat: Why Coronavirus is Winning:

                        It's a most excellent piece. Where it goes from here remains to be seen, but the only thing that will save us from a second wave is if the virus dies off in summer.

                        In February I predicted that those that were saying that both sides would declare they were correct, no matter what:

                        "See? We told you it would be horrible!"
                        "See? We told you it wouldn't be that bad!"

                        My next prediction? 6 Months from now, both sides will declare they were correct.

                        "There was a second wave! It could have/should have been avoided!"
                        "Second wave? That small blip? Please..."

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                        @LuFins-Dad said in Douthat: Why Coronavirus is Winning:

                        @Mik said in Douthat: Why Coronavirus is Winning:

                        It's a most excellent piece. Where it goes from here remains to be seen, but the only thing that will save us from a second wave is if the virus dies off in summer.

                        In February I predicted that those that were saying that both sides would declare they were correct, no matter what:

                        "See? We told you it would be horrible!"
                        "See? We told you it wouldn't be that bad!"

                        My next prediction? 6 Months from now, both sides will declare they were correct.

                        "There was a second wave! It could have/should have been avoided!"
                        "Second wave? That small blip? Please..."

                        LuFins Dad - I agree. You will be absolutely right!!!

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                        • LuFins DadL LuFins Dad

                          @Mik said in Douthat: Why Coronavirus is Winning:

                          It's a most excellent piece. Where it goes from here remains to be seen, but the only thing that will save us from a second wave is if the virus dies off in summer.

                          In February I predicted that those that were saying that both sides would declare they were correct, no matter what:

                          "See? We told you it would be horrible!"
                          "See? We told you it wouldn't be that bad!"

                          My next prediction? 6 Months from now, both sides will declare they were correct.

                          "There was a second wave! It could have/should have been avoided!"
                          "Second wave? That small blip? Please..."

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                          @LuFins-Dad said in Douthat: Why Coronavirus is Winning:

                          @Mik said in Douthat: Why Coronavirus is Winning:

                          It's a most excellent piece. Where it goes from here remains to be seen, but the only thing that will save us from a second wave is if the virus dies off in summer.

                          In February I predicted that those that were saying that both sides would declare they were correct, no matter what:

                          "See? We told you it would be horrible!"
                          "See? We told you it wouldn't be that bad!"

                          My next prediction? 6 Months from now, both sides will declare they were correct.

                          "There was a second wave! It could have/should have been avoided!"
                          "Second wave? That small blip? Please..."

                          Absolutely.

                          Now, lets see those comments in the context of the Floyd "protests."

                          "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                          The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                            I'm waiting for the outrage and total vindication of all things TDS at any tiny pocket of violence or destruction, if Trump loses.

                            Education is extremely important.

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