Would you please articulate specifically "what is right" in this situation? I am asking for your non-political opinion of the most constructive way forward.
On Sat, Apr 25, 2020 at 8:24 PM Steve Jones <thatoneguyst...@gmail.com> wrote: > I sit back and watch as people contradict their own statements. "Its going > to be here like this for years" "tests are growing, as is the number" "it's > been here longer than we think" "it hasn't peaked because muh testing" > "it's going to be worse in fall" "mitigation has had a major impact" > The best is regarding the medication mien fuehrer liked. "Its only > anecdotal" "a tiny group had a negative outcome, thisnis the gold standard > and this drug must be banned" > > I live in a state where our governor is in a pissing contest with the > White House, but doing pretty much what the White House recommends, with > the exception of looking at things by region. We only have two regions, > chicago, and people who voted for the current president at 1600. So the > whole of downstate will be punished for not voting the right way. When > asked about the data, for the "science" behind this, we were told the state > doesnt own the data, so we cant see it. > > I'm part of a foster parent group. One of the fosters is utterly destroyed > right now. Her prior ward, that she stayed in contact with died 3 days ago > at 15. He had returned home, but went back into the system during this (our > state, in its infinite wisdom has effectively shut down the foster support > system, non essential and all) he couldn't come back to her because she is > at capacity. He had cancer and was in a drug trial. He had been thriving. > The governors orders didnt allow for him to get access to the trial > resources, so he lost his trial spot, as is the nature of trials. There > were no resources available to get him into a linear treatment. 3 days ago > he succumbed to the complication. While anecdotal, this is exactly what the > cure being worse than the disease looks like. Granted, the speed at which > he declined from thriving to dead indicates underlying issues, the chicago > emperors orders made certain there were no resources. Right now, thanks to > the emperors orders, there are approximately zero resources available to > the foster families. Anticipate a whole lot of negative outcomes. > > Point is, everybody is more concerned about proving how wrong their > political enemy is, that nobody is even actually looking for what is right. > > Thankfully mother nature doesnt care and this will, like all ailments of > proximity, diminish in the next week or so. > > On Sat, Apr 25, 2020, 5:48 PM Bill Prince <part15...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Just listened (in part) to a discussion about COVID-19 as it regards >> China/US relations. It is a discussion between Dubner, Michèle Flournoy ( >> former undersecretary of defense and co-founder of strategic-advisory firm >> WestExec.), and Michael Auslin (historian at Stanford University’s Hoover >> Institution). >> >> Within the discussion Auslin asserts that the death toll within Wuhan >> alone was between 45 and 47 thousand; at least 10X what they have reported >> through official channels. He gets his data through croudsourcing >> crematoria activity and the number of people picking up urns of deceased >> family members. >> >> If you don't have time to listen to this, it is at least worth a read of >> the transcript. >> >> https://freakonomics.com/podcast/covid-19-china/ >> >> >> bp >> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> >> >> >> On 4/25/2020 3:11 PM, Jaime Solorza wrote: >> >> This virus doesn't care if you are a Republican, a Democrat, an >> Independent, agnostic, religious or an atheist...if it gets you it might >> kill you... >> Stay smart, listen to doctors and scientists....not ineptus maximus >> politicians. >> >> On Sat, Apr 25, 2020, 12:45 PM Bill Prince <part15...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> As we test more, we are undoubtedly going to find more cases that were >>> previously going undetected (asymptomatic infection). This is a long way >>> from over. The other thing we have not come to grips with is the uneven >>> spread/mitigation. >>> >>> There was an interesting graphic for the state of California showing the >>> state as a whole versus just the Bay Area (Mercury News this morning). The >>> 7 counties around the bay instituted shelter in place very early, and it's >>> beginning to show in the statistics. The Bay Area accounts for almost 18% >>> of the entire state population (7 of the 40 million). >>> >>> >>> bp >>> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> >>> >>> >>> On 4/25/2020 8:45 AM, ch...@wbmfg.com wrote: >>> >>> [image: image] >>> >>> Might be Chebyshev BPF though... hopefully...Bessell. >>> Hopefully not high pass... >>> >>> -- >>> AF mailing list >>> AF@af.afmug.com >>> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >>> >> >> -- >> AF mailing list >> AF@af.afmug.com >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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