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I really only see bars, restaurants and salons not working around here.

Sorry but thats a pretty strong statement. No doubt we have some walking dead syndrome going on here.

Is frankie an asian tranny?

Employees wife who works at u of I hospital said there are entire wings dark with nobody in them. They are stopping more than elective surgeries and care.

Thats an incorrect statement. https://www.health.com/condition/cold-flu-sinus/how-do-you-die-from-flu

People leaving the higher infected areas is a big problem in my book. I mean don't get me wrong....I get why from not wanting to become infected to be in areas where med systems are less overburdened but it puts many at risk.

My county has had no new cases in the past 3 days. No shelter in place. If people do much of the precautionary measures it can be held in check. Its when significant people ignore it is when it gets bad quick.

We find warehouses full of ppd's and ventilators?

Trust me. Someone will accommodate them and their private hc would be amazing in a hurry. Lots of doctors will flock there. No worries. There will always be some form of private hc here just like there are in countries with uhc.

And pay taxes. Don't shit yourself there is a reason.

I get that for something like this I'm talking normal times. Work your ass off all your life and can afford your hc and many others....sorry we're not treating you. People would leave bigtime.

Edge of Tomorrow with Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt. Good flick.

Nope. Was about aliens not a virus.

And you will see every old person with money leave the country. Its not as simple as "you're old which means your life has less value." How old are you?

Its only weakness is its humanity. Extra credit for what movie thats in.

I hope that was written sarcastically. And who decides that....by population. Half the states would leave the union and a perfect example as to why I would never support uhc.

Agreed and he's gonna do best for his state. My point that theory is very risky for other places. This scenario could occur inside states even cities. Hospital A to Hospital B. Send me over every ventilator you can spare. Hospital B to A Ok but when we need them back you have to give them up. Hospital A. Ok. Two Weeks Later Hospital B to A. We've got a massive spike we need our ventilators back. Hospital A. Sorry its being used on a patient.

Not sure I completely agree with that assessment. What happens when other massive spikes occur and they have all the resources? I get what you are saying but its not that simple. Say that to someone's family in Alaska who dies because their hospital gave up some of their ventilators. No easy solution.

Found this interesting and obviously some correlation to what is happening there now. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971219303285 Highlights • In the winter seasons from 2013/14 to 2016/17, an estimated average of 5,290,000 ILI cases occurred in Italy, corresponding to an incidence of 9%. • More than 68,000 deaths attributable to flu epidemics were estimated in the study period. • Italy showed a higher influenza attributable excess mortality compared to other European countries. especially in the elderly.

I've said the whole time this isn't one strain with how its killing some healthy people and older unhealthy people barely have symptoms.

I'm telling you he said they haven't touched the 14,000 and those were the State of NY reserves they had before this. The differnce in claims from yesterday to today floored me. Hopefully someone in the media caught this like I did. If he was just misspoken fine but it sounded really fucking shady. Far be it NY'ers feeling they should be at the front of the line. They are asking the entire country to give up their resources to them and they would give it back. Well what happens if you can't give it up. It was laughable.

Now I'm not for all of it or against all of it but honestly Spin......this is just a bit different than anything we've ever faced don't you think? Pointing the finger at people who use to be against some govt spending and claiming "I told you so" is fucking ridiculous considering what the nation is facing.