Oh good! WHO: "The worst is yet to come."
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@Catseye3 said in Oh good! WHO: "The worst is yet to come.":
@Horace People got impatient. Somebody Was Supposed To Do Something! So they said to hell with it, like the virus would be defeated by their god-given right to go places.
Definitely something like that, yeah. My own theory is that this is the decision-making: "I'd rather go out, I hate the idea of being at home. So let's find some evidence that that's okay and I'll use that to justify myself."
And then there's the old "I've never been able to prove to society I'm as smart as I think I am, so instead of extending my potential I'm going to not wear masks like all the sheeple do."
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@Horace said in Oh good! WHO: "The worst is yet to come.":
I prefer my solutions to take into consideration practicalities such as the fact that the virus wasn't going to be entirely defeated by a shelter in place. Somehow it seems that that magical thinking was always somewhere under the surface of all the discussions though. I hope we spent the time preparing for the second wave. As much fun as it is making fun of all hte idiots who are totally to blame for the fact that we have a problem with COVID, I don't think anybody should have ever been doing any planning under the assumption that such people would not exist.
I'm doing what I can on my end precisely because I figured it was a possibility. But I honestly didn't think the stupid would be this widespread. Whole counties, sometimes close to whole states, are being stupid about this. I really am surprised.
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@George-K said in Oh good! WHO: "The worst is yet to come.":
The virus has infected more than 10.1 million people around the world and killed more than 502,000 people so far, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.
Is that 10.1 million a typo? Seems low.
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@Horace said in Oh good! WHO: "The worst is yet to come.":
I prefer my solutions to take into consideration practicalities such as the fact that the virus wasn't going to be entirely defeated by a shelter in place. Somehow it seems that that magical thinking was always somewhere under the surface of all the discussions though.
See Hammer and Dance. Lockdown measures were supposed to be used to get new case #s down to a number that would be manageable with test and trace. Numerous countries have done this successfully, at least so far. NY is giving it a real try.
I hope we spent the time preparing for the second wave. As much fun as it is making fun of all hte idiots who are totally to blame for the fact that we have a problem with COVID, I don't think anybody should have ever been doing any planning under the assumption that such people would not exist.
I don't know how much was done. I don't get the feeling much was done at the national supply chain level. Like, did we create a meaningful PPE manufacturing capacity? Or are we going to be competing with the rest of the world for Chinese supplies still?
Most levels of government began acting as if this was behind us by May 1 or so.
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More social cohesion. Less distrust of the scientific community. More competent leadership. Greater state capacity.
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It's a dog whistle for blaming Asians.
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@jon-nyc said in Oh good! WHO: "The worst is yet to come.":
More social cohesion. Less distrust of the scientific community. More competent leadership. Greater state capacity.
Yeah, every now and then autocracy, monoculture and socialism has a leg up. Maybe we should have been that way all long.
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@Loki said in Oh good! WHO: "The worst is yet to come.":
@jon-nyc said in Oh good! WHO: "The worst is yet to come.":
More social cohesion. Less distrust of the scientific community. More competent leadership. Greater state capacity.
Yeah, every now and then autocracy, monoculture and socialism has a leg up.
Is that how you'd characterize New Zealand?
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@Doctor-Phibes said in Oh good! WHO: "The worst is yet to come.":
@Loki said in Oh good! WHO: "The worst is yet to come.":
@jon-nyc said in Oh good! WHO: "The worst is yet to come.":
More social cohesion. Less distrust of the scientific community. More competent leadership. Greater state capacity.
Yeah, every now and then autocracy, monoculture and socialism has a leg up.
Is that how you'd characterize New Zealand?
Monoculture. Island.
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@jon-nyc said in Oh good! WHO: "The worst is yet to come.":
More social cohesion. Less distrust of the scientific community. More competent leadership. Greater state capacity.
Exactly. Using Taiwan as an example, this almost exactly describes our approach.
The first thing you mention is a big one. Sometimes, the good of society has to come first. If that means wearing a mask, putting an app on your phone to allow tracing, etc so be it.
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@Loki said in Oh good! WHO: "The worst is yet to come.":
@Doctor-Phibes said in Oh good! WHO: "The worst is yet to come.":
@Loki said in Oh good! WHO: "The worst is yet to come.":
@jon-nyc said in Oh good! WHO: "The worst is yet to come.":
More social cohesion. Less distrust of the scientific community. More competent leadership. Greater state capacity.
Yeah, every now and then autocracy, monoculture and socialism has a leg up.
Is that how you'd characterize New Zealand?
Monoculture. Island.
I don't think New Zealand is a monoculture.
Scotland certainly isn't, and they've done a lot better dealing with Covid than either the US or England. It isn't an autocracy or socialist, either.
Proud supporter of Plan 2525. Everything you think, do and say will be in the pill you took today.
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@Copper said in Oh good! WHO: "The worst is yet to come.":
What is this society thing you are talking about?
The state?
I dont think it is a state exactly, but more the group of people that live in that state - not sure if I am explaining it, but there is a difference.
For example, with mask wearing
USA person - "wearing a mask is an individual choice. No one is going to take my choice away from me! It is infringe on my right!!!!!"
Taiwan person - "Wearing a mask will help all the people in the country. I will endure a bit of personal discomfort so that in the short term and long term, we are all better off"
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@Doctor-Phibes said in Oh good! WHO: "The worst is yet to come.":
@Loki said in Oh good! WHO: "The worst is yet to come.":
@Doctor-Phibes said in Oh good! WHO: "The worst is yet to come.":
@Loki said in Oh good! WHO: "The worst is yet to come.":
@jon-nyc said in Oh good! WHO: "The worst is yet to come.":
More social cohesion. Less distrust of the scientific community. More competent leadership. Greater state capacity.
Yeah, every now and then autocracy, monoculture and socialism has a leg up.
Is that how you'd characterize New Zealand?
Monoculture. Island.
I don't think New Zealand is a monoculture.
Scotland certainly isn't, and they've done a lot better dealing with Covid than either the US or England. It isn't an autocracy or socialist, either.
New Zealand and Scotland both have populations smaller than Virginia.
