Rants and Raves

[QUOTE=TMeister;4746430]I love how these racist pricks always forget to mention his "European ancestors" arriving in this country and stealing it from the Native Americans and then proceeding to commit genocide against them with mass murder and disease.[/QUOTE]Those alleged, 'racist pricks,' as you choose to erroneously label them, paved the way for your sorry ass to come here and rant about shit you know nothing about, nor contributed to in any meaningful manner.

FYI, my 'racist' ancestors lived up north where slavery didn't exist and where Indians were already long gone, so they had no part in what you're uneducatedly suggesting. Case in point: My grandfather gave a job on his dairy farm to a couple of black drifters looking for work. Paid them an honest wage, said they were two of the best farm hands he ever had and obviously didn't give a shit about melanin content, yet people with DMS (such as you), would still call him a racist bastard. Just a wild guess, but I assume his intent was to get the crops in, the cows milked and the chickens fed so he could go back to the house, eat dinner, take a bath and bone my grandmother after his kids fell asleep.

And, by the way, I didn't forget to mention a single detail. I bet if I watched you for 24 hours I'd discover a few dozens ways as to how racist or fucked up you are in general.

Final word: You owe General Custer a blowjob. Bring your favorite knee pads.

[QUOTE=TMeister;4746411]Doesn't really depend on a hypothetical who might have it or who doesn't. It all comes down to numbers. If the case numbers drop to near zero in July then everything should re-open to normal.

The big question becomes what happens if there is a rebound wave, such as what's happening in China? If a few dozen cases start popping up in October, do we go into a national lock down again, or just aggressively shut down only those areas where cases are growing?[/QUOTE]100% this, isolate get this fucking thing under control, reopen for business in the middle of July. Once we get the rate down to around 1% we can isolate the pockets & people who are carriers. After this we effectively eliminate the virus, 95% of things return to normal we just don't have church, concerts, large gatherings & sporting events.

Now strip clubs are an essential business & need to re-open asap, plus I need to bang my SB again.

[QUOTE=SeekingHead;4747294]100% this, isolate get this fucking thing under control, reopen for business in the middle of July. Once we get the rate down to around 1% we can isolate the pockets & people who are carriers. After this we effectively eliminate the virus, 95% of things return to normal we just don't have church, concerts, large gatherings & sporting events.

Now strip clubs are an essential business & need to re-open asap, plus I need to bang my SB again.[/QUOTE]LOL how is a strip club an essential business?

[QUOTE=TMeister;4746411]Doesn't really depend on a hypothetical who might have it or who doesn't. It all comes down to numbers. If the case numbers drop to near zero in July then everything should re-open to normal.

The big question becomes what happens if there is a rebound wave, such as what's happening in China? If a few dozen cases start popping up in October, do we go into a national lock down again, or just aggressively shut down only those areas where cases are growing?[/QUOTE]Too many factors to make a prediction. The expectation is that the number will go down during the summer months, although preliminary data from Southern Hemisphere shows that this virus is pretty immune to temperature as its not an influenza strain. So the big question is if we back off on the social distancing and can get more people thru the infection with little to mild symptoms. Meanwhile isolate / protect the elderly and immune compromised, then we should be in good shape come the fall, when (not if) this virus flares up. No matter what you hear, there will not be a vaccine until 2021, the testing regimens / clinical trials will take that long). So we will have this with use a least another round.

[QUOTE=TMeister;4747176]Any Native American has the God-given right to walk up to any of us and flip the bird in our face and say: "Get the fuck out of MY country".

They were here first. Finders keepers. We learned that lesson in grade school. Anything else is theft[/QUOTE]Yes they were here first. No they were not treated well or even fairly. Even being treated poorly would have been better than how they were treated. But, that is history. I have not talked with anyone who does not regret what happened to Native Americans and how they were treated. I can't change that. No one can. You can be angry about it all you like but what took place cannot be changed and history cannot be re-written. Things like that have happened since the dawn of time and involved many different races of people on all continents. It is what we humans do to each other. I don't like it either but that is the way it is.

In the words of Ron "Tater Salad" White they have the right but not the ability.

[QUOTE=MrTattoo;4747452]LOL how is a strip club an essential business?[/QUOTE]Let us have this one. They can dress as drs and nurses or something. Make it like the scene in the sopranos.

[QUOTE=TMeister;4747176]Any Native American has the God-given right to walk up to any of us and flip the bird in our face and say: "Get the fuck out of MY country".

They were here first. Finders keepers. We learned that lesson in grade school. Anything else is theft.[/QUOTE]You're free to leave at any time.

[QUOTE=SgtLurker;4746774]When Cuomo cried that he would need 40,000 ventilators or people would die and at most, he used just a tad bit over 5,000; that should prove that people were running more scared and not using common sense.[/QUOTE]Well, U.S. President Cuomo, opps sorry I meant NewYork Governor Cuomo, had every reason to be concerned about how fast COVID-19 was spreading in NewYork. See attached chart.

Strikingly, in the state of New York, the number of people who died with coronavirus last week was more than any other cause of death in fact, more than twice the average number who die in a week from all causes combined.

In the worst week of the 2017-18 flu season, New York saw 218 deaths from flu and pneumonia and 2,098 total from all causes. Last week, the state saw 4,694 reported Covid-19 deaths alone. These figures must put to rest the dying with but not of line of skepticism. The idea that this many people would have died anyway even without Covid-19 is simply not credible.

I commend you in your effort in trying to talk sense to the ignorant masses.

[QUOTE=SgtSoros;4748475]Well, President Cuomo, opps sorry I meant NewYork Governor Cuomo, had every reason to be concerned about how fast COVID-19 was spreading in NewYork. See attached chart.

Strikingly, in the state of New York, the number of people who died with coronavirus last week was more than any other cause of death in fact, more than twice the average number who die in a week from all causes combined.

In the worst week of the 2017-18 flu season, New York saw 218 deaths from flu and pneumonia and 2,098 total from all causes. Last week, the state saw 4,694 reported Covid-19 deaths alone. These figures must put to rest the dying with but not of line of skepticism. The idea that this many people would have died anyway even without Covid-19 is simply not credible.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=Niteluvr;4747960]You're free to leave at any time.[/QUOTE]He's also free to stay and try to change things for the better. You could leave.

[QUOTE=TechSticles;4748489]He's also free to stay and try to change things for the better. You could leave[/QUOTE]I already bought one-way tickets for both of you to a deserted island in the Pacific.

[QUOTE=BobSugarSmith;4747896]Let us have this one. They can dress as drs and nurses or something. Make it like the scene in the sopranos.[/QUOTE]Good luck on that LOL.

'But the USC data does offer some reassuring news: COVID-19 death rates may be lower than expected. When experts factor in those additional cases, the mortality rate plummets to less than 0.2 percent. '.

[URL]https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/what-can-coronavirus-antibody-tests-actually-tell-us-n1188721[/URL]

'which translates to approximately 221,000 to 442,000 adults in the county who have been infected. That estimate is 28 to 55 times higher than the 7,994 confirmed cases of COVID-19 reported to the county at the time of the study in early April. '.

[URL]https://news.usc.edu/168987/antibody-testing-results-covid-19-infections-los-angeles-county/[/URL]

[QUOTE=AaronHamlet;4754789]'But the USC data does offer some reassuring news: COVID-19 death rates may be lower than expected. When experts factor in those additional cases, the mortality rate plummets to less than 0.2 percent. '.

[URL]https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/what-can-coronavirus-antibody-tests-actually-tell-us-n1188721[/URL]

'which translates to approximately 221,000 to 442,000 adults in the county who have been infected. That estimate is 28 to 55 times higher than the 7,994 confirmed cases of COVID-19 reported to the county at the time of the study in early April. '.

[URL]https://news.usc.edu/168987/antibody-testing-results-covid-19-infections-los-angeles-county/[/URL][/QUOTE]Yes, and when then the CDC can start catching up on the backlog of cadaver tests to see if Covid was a cause of death / contributing factor, we will get a better picture. Honestly, if you want to gamble with your health, by all mean feel free. Just keep at least 6 feet away from anyone when you are out, that it not too big an ask.

[URL]https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Santa-Clara-county-coronavirus-February-deaths-15217371.php[/URL]