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And by a prudent flight and cunning save A life which valour could not, from the grave. A better buckler I can soon regain, But who can get another life again? Archilochus

Sunday, April 26, 2020

USA Over the Hump

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12 comments:

Gert said...

Chinese (dare I mention them? ;-) ), Italian and Spanish experiences show that the downward slope is very slow.

No great reason to rejoice just yet.

-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jew said...

Had we allowed ourselves to achieve "herd immunity"... I would have thought that the distribution should have been Gaussian (Bell curve/mirror image)…. but through social-distancing we succeeded in "prolonging" the virus spread.

Gert said...

And how many would have died in the process of acquiring 'herd immunity'?

The WHO isn't even sure there is such a thing in the case of COVID-19...

Gert said...

Governments should not issue so-called "immunity passports" or "risk-free certificates" as a way of easing lockdowns, the World Health Organization (WHO) says.

It said there was "no evidence" that people who had developed antibodies after recovering from the virus were protected against a second infection.

Such a move could actually increase virus transmission, it warned.

People who assumed they were immune might stop taking precautions, it said.

Some governments have considered permitting people who have recovered to travel or return to work.


Beeb.

Franco Aragosta said...

FUCK the WHO!

They are nothing but a bunch of One Worlders whose only genuine interest is promoting and securing a tyrannical One-World Government based on th Marxian model for Ultimate and ABSOLUTE Socil control.

Anyone who believes in the WHO –– or the entire misbegotten cincept of the UN for that matter –– is an unmitigated crypto-Communist apparatchik –– in other words a stinking SHITASS.

P____E____R____I____O____D____!

-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jew said...

That's just it. There was a need to isolate the vulnerable, NOT the entire herd. That's why the bulls face out and females and calves go into the center when the herd is surrounded by predators.

-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jew said...

...they don't ALL try and climb trees.

Franco Aragosta said...

I'll roughly praphrase JEFFERSON in an attempt to answer GERT'S rather opaque, short-sighted question with a modicum of seriousness.

What does it matter if a few hundred thousand lives are lost during a worldwide "health crisis," if the sacrifice means that LIBERTY, COMMERCE and FINANCIAL SOLVENCY will be able to continue relatively unabated?

The paralysis and susquent demise of a nation's economy would be bound to produce far more DEATH, and lengthier and more attenuated AGONY in the long run than to allow a pandemic to run its course while taking as much practical precaution possible to keep its spread to a minimum, of course.

why we've been doing for the past two months is tantamount to a long range plan to commit national SUICIDE.

Gert said...

Still, hoping for herd immunity is a bit of a Right-wing Libertarian 'let-it-all-hang-out' wet dream, IMO.

Only in the US have there been significant demos against social distancing... cos' FREEDOM! ;-)

Gert said...

They are nothing but a bunch of One Worlders whose only genuine interest is promoting and securing a tyrannical One-World Government based on th Marxian model for Ultimate and ABSOLUTE Socil control.

They're not Jooooish by any chance?

Gert said...

Stinker: the Archie Bunker of the Blogosphere...

Franco Aragosta said...

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Gertie Gloom: One of the Great Sneering Cynics and Vituperative Marxian Internationalists currently befouling the blogosphere.