Serious Best Posts: Coronavirus Official Thread (COVID-19 discussion and prepping)

  1. JEB
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    Apr 24, 2020
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  2. Worm
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    Apr 3, 2020
    @dna hits bunker
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  3. Alchemist34
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    Alchemist34 DO MY HEAD

    Mar 28, 2020
    Well it is more contagious than the flu and lasts longer and infects more people. The hospitalisation rate is higher. The global death rate is currently at 4% I think but scientists believe it will end up settling to 1 or 2 %. Maybe a bit higher or lower but either way it will be higher than the flu's 0.1% death rate. Numbers change since it's just happening but it's worse than the flu for sure. Also bear in mind the current hospitalisations and deaths are happening with all the worldwide shutdowns and quarantine. They'd be stupid high if we just let it do it's thing like we do with the flu

    It's not just because we don't have vaccines and aren't immunised yet. The virus itself is more aggressive than the flu and particularly more resistant to immune systems. Even with vaccines and all, if you're old or immunocompromised you'd still rather have the flu than coronavirus. It's also killing more 50 to 60 year olds than the flu and hospitalising even more. "Underlying conditions" doesn't mean already dying or bed ridden. It's anything from simply hypertension or asthma or smokers or diabetes or fat a----s. In fact how many Americans DON'T have some underlying condition? Fact is it's worse enough than the flu in that it will k--- people who otherwise wouldn't have died from the flu

    So when you say millions die from the flu each year, that doesn't change the fact that coronavirus can be adding millions more to that list. So I don't see the point of that argument

    Besides no one is saying this will be the new plague and wipe out half the word or whatever. The panic isn't about extinction it's because even 1% dying within a short period is still something hospitals can't handle. And 1% is the good case scenario it can end up being 2 or 3% in some places. That's the death rate but the hospitalisation rate itself is an even more r-----ed amount that would completely overwhelm hospitals which it's already doing even with the shutdowns. Hence the situation we're in now to isolate people to try slow the infection rate to a manageable rate. Shutdowns and lock downs are the main concern for most people. It's economically devastating the longer we stay in these shutdowns. No economy can handle this for too long.

    It actually makes you wonder how long the governments of the world are willing to let the economy burn until they have to make a decision between the economy and everyone's livelihood or corona patients
     
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  4. Slyk
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    Slyk God made a prophet.

    Apr 24, 2020
    Please don't inject Lysol into your body.
     
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  5. Worm
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    Mar 22, 2020
    At least Harvey Weinstein got it
     
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  6. Ricky
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    Ricky Hip-Hop CEO ™

    Mar 16, 2020
    I took a week off, I don't give a f---. My boss cut work hours from 13 to 11 daily, like h--- yeah man, I won't get infected cause I'll work 2 hours less than usual. I hope by the end of my off days our government closes everything for 2 weeks or more.

    f---ing craft beer store.
     
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  7. lil uzi vert stan
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    Mar 15, 2020
    Lmao Trent the inner city activist
     
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  8. JMG
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    Mar 13, 2020
    Anyone out there need some toilet paper hmu. Got some good deals going.
     
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  9. Alchemist34
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    Alchemist34 DO MY HEAD

    Mar 6, 2020
    People don't understand that hospital resources aren't unlimited and at the rate it's spreading hospitals will be overwhelmed. There's only so many people hospitals can put in intensive care. Then it won't be just old people with weak immune systems dying. Italy went from 1 infected to 3000 infected in 10 days. At this point its 4600 infected. About 200 have died so far since the outbreak there in late January and the numbers are only rising. If it keeps going at this rate it'll completely overwhelm hospitals even in advanced countries and the death toll could skyrocket. Even though getting the virus isn't a certain death sentence if you are young and healthy it can still f--- you up and put you on your a--- for a while. It only takes a small percentage of the population to be out of commission to f--- things up economically

    I don't think this will be another Black Death but it definitely should be taken very seriously, even if only for the absolute financial and socially disruptive shitstorm this thing will cause if we don't take precautions and just hope it'll blow over soon
     
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  10. DKC
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    DKC hank trill

    May 4, 2020
    Yeah it's def possible it came from a lab but the burden of proof is on them to prove that it did come from the lab. Obviously it's important to figure out how it started but I'm more concerned with focusing on keeping people safe/developing a vaccine than I am with figuring out whether or not it came from batwing soup. What's done is done, trying to pin this on China or North Korea isn't going to help anything at this point unless there's credible evidence that points to it being a biological attack (which I sincerely, sincerely doubt).
     
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  11. Worm
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    Apr 3, 2020
    We need to sanction the f--- out of China - Sent from my mobile phone made in China, while wearing my Nikes made in China, standing next to the American flag made in China
     
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  12. Worm
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    Mar 31, 2020
    I didn't survive D12 World, Rap Basement, that one year where I wore Shady Ltd shirts, just to be taken out by some dude named Covid
     
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  13. DKC
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    DKC hank trill

    Mar 15, 2020
    I think the idea is to slow the spread as much as possible cuz if everyone gets it at once it will overload the hospitals and cause way more people to die + people with other more serious ailments will get less intensive care because some hysteric 25 year old goes to the hospital with a 99 degree fever. And a slower spread also gives us more time to implement mass testing and such which will further help curb the rate and increase recovery.
     
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  14. Boos
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    Mar 12, 2020
    I heard @EminemBase is willing to donate
     
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  15. Worm
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    Mar 9, 2020
    anyone in the UK want to make some money?

    https://www.ladbible.com/news/uk-volunteers-to-be-infected-with-coronavirus-for-3500-20200309

    @EminemBase imagine how much pizza hut you could get with this
     
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  16. Slyk
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    Apr 24, 2020
    been laughing at the title of this article all morning:

    Lysol Manufacturer Warns Trump Is a Dangerous Moron, “Under No Circumstance” Should Disinfectant Be Injected in Body
    https://www.vanityfair.com/news/202...gEsrcNx5Q7qtQJ6j1WD_xo-VwSQqYaDMCTxFBpg4KQ0fg
     
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  17. Worm
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    Apr 2, 2020
    there may be more dead in the US from this than 9/11, but watching 2 planes fly into skyscrapers, people jumping out of windows and then those massive buildings falling to the ground is far more worse in my mind.
     
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  18. Buddha
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    Mar 29, 2020
     
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  19. Sign Language
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    Sign Language We miss you Screw

    Mar 29, 2020
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  20. CavalierTD
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    CavalierTD The Pride of Pittsburgh

    Mar 24, 2020
    Off work for another 2-3 weeks, combined with worker’s compensation, vacation and now this I’ve spent more time off than I have worked in 2020, what a weird year so far lol
     
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