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Why children aren’t getting sick from coronavirus

Discussion in 'Coronavirus (COVID-19) News' started by Josephwalker, Mar 16, 2020.

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  1. gfm7175

    gfm7175 Well-Known Member

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    I will.

    Didn't make any claim to "best way". This is one of many ways.

    What pandemic? This is no different than any other winter flu. It will spread for a month or two, some people will die, most will recover just fine, and life will go on

    We are getting a lot fairer trade deals now, and health care is a service, not a right.

    No. I am a millennial.

    No health problems.
     
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    gfm7175 Well-Known Member

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    What are you so afraid of?
     
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    Ah isn't it nice to be able to invent your own reality?
     
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    I was afraid you were serious. You seem very naive.
     
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    Everyone's experience of "reality" is completely unique, akin to a fingerprint.
     
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    I AM serious.

    What are you afraid of regarding COVID-19? It is a flu virus (a variant of SARS) that will act similar to any other flu virus. It is not the bubonic plague. It is not a death sentence. It is nothing to freak out and clutch onto toilet paper and hand sanitizer about.
     
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    By EVERY measure corona is more deadly than the flu but that is not the concern. The concern is that we do not have the medical resources to treat everyone who will require hospitalization if the infection curve is steep. No one ever claimed it was the plague.
     
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    No, please don't
    Really? Do tell. You said it was a hoax. Trump said the same thing.......then changed his tune. How long before you do? Are facts hard for you to understand?
    The pandemic that educated people all over the world agree is going on......and then, there are people like you.
    Actually, you're getting trade deals that are just like the old trade deals.....with a different name.
    That's too bad, but you were older and (hopefully) wiser, you would probably understand what is going on but..........maybe not.
     
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    Wait.......what?
     
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    No it isn't.

    That's what's getting peddled around, yes.

    Why are people hoarding toilet paper and hand sanitzer (and similar products) then? Why are they completely freaking out as if it were the plague?

    Give it a while. You'll see that all this fear was for nothing.
     
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    It's kind of like alternate facts. :)
     
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    Ok then I just won't go.
     
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    Oh sure, it's not like we have any reason to think differently, right? Italy? Normal flu! Iran: normal flu! China? Normal flu!
    Do you think the current level of occupancy at hospitals around the world are at normal flu levels?
     
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    Why would you? Unless of course you needed emergency care. I mean, seriously... Hello?
     
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    what is the risk of death for a nursing home patient or sick elderly individual that contracts the flu ?
     
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    The end result will be more preppers.
     
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    Just lonesome?
     
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    I get your point and I agree. The danger is too many needing critical care at the same time.
     
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    No one said the disease itself was a hoax. Only the irrational fear surrounding it.

    Facts are simply assumed predicate. They are not "universal truths" nor are they "proofs".

    Appeal to Popularity Fallacy.
    Insult Fallacy.

    Fallacies are not valid arguments.

    Not at all.

    The winter flu season is what is going on. Nothing to clutch onto toilet paper about.
     
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    If this is true you should be able to show it by contrasting current hospital occupancy with hospital occupancy at peak flu season from previous years. I bet you aren't even curious enough to test your own silly hypothesis though.
     
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    Reality is uniquely experienced by every individual, like a fingerprint is.

    Reality is one's own individual model of the universe and how it works.

    You realize that, for one example, some people are colorblind and others aren't, right? Some people are near-sighted and others aren't, right? Some people are fat and others are skinny, right? And on and on... Reality is a different experience for everyone.

    The study of this is a branch of philosophy called phenomenology.
     
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    The 1918 flu pandemic seems like an example.
     
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    Yes, the normal flu.

    As of right now, COVID-19 has claimed just over 7,000 lives worldwide. The flu, on an annual basis, claims anywhere from 250,000 to 700,000 people annually.
     
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    Probably.
     
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