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BigOrange15 said:
This is the way.
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Indeed. No social justice. No virtue signaling. Episodic adventures in a universe with few limits. Just great, traditional storytelling.

As a kid I loved The Incredible Hulk and the A-Team. They were episodic but has an overarching story about a helpful guy or team being chased by something corrupt. Reminds me of that style.

This is The Way.
 
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VolGee4 said:
I don’t get why people think these numbers are static. No social distancing = many, many more cases. Exponential increase.
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I go to store. Wait on a lady while standing away. She leaves and I get ready to get some but see another lady waiting so tell her to go ahead. She thanks me and gets hers and now my turn. I walk up and this old lady 60 ish just comes right up grabbing and rubbed up against me ignoring any personal space. I back up and say SIX FEET IDIOT. Just wait and try to be sure not to get anything she touched. So many do not social distance nor do they care. It’s helping but with people still working outside of a few hair places etc, it’s not having as big effect as 200 instead of 2200 in Tennessee hospitals. Keep it up for now but these 2 million models were wrong I think regardless. If we end up at 50-60k deaths, still think it didn’t get there from 2 milllion because of what I see us doing.
 
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WriterVol said:
I don't disagree. I don't think it will be done this summer in my extremely unqualified opinion.

BUT if we can get the numbers low enough, we can re-open a new normal until a vaccine is widely available. That's why getting the numbers down right now is so important. The best time to plant a tree is twenty years ago; the second best time is right now.

You want normal? Shelter now. Get everyone to follow. That's how we get out of this thing faster and with the least pain.
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^this^
 
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Jack Burton said:
Finally got around to seeing The Mandalorian. It’s amazing how much better this is versus everything else from Star Wars over the last 20 years. Rogue One is in 2nd. The prequels and episodes 7-9 are hot garbage in comparison.

Jon Favreau is the new King. These are indisputable facts.
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We finally finished it tonight. Taking this long to finish it is what happens when you agree to watch with family members.

It was fantastic. Really underscores how botched the three recent movies were overall. Favreau is just a great story teller. Superbly executed.
 
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Jack Burton said:
Finally got around to seeing The Mandalorian. It’s amazing how much better this is versus everything else from Star Wars over the last 20 years. Rogue One is in 2nd. The prequels and episodes 7-9 are hot garbage in comparison.

Jon Favreau is the new King. These are indisputable facts.
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this is the way.
 
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Ulysees E. McGill said:
I am not trying to just be contrary, but it is not a "wash".
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I know what you're saying but that's not what I meant, should've worded it better.

Why I said that I don't care it's listed at 1.9 or 2.7. Makes no difference to my point, which is the infection rate and being overwhelmed. More cases means faster than numbers I'm going by and that news is a wash with any gains on mortality. And the mortality rate isn't the problem, it's supplies and capacity. Which is ignored with those posts. It's starting to take on a strawman effect.
We can add invisible cases till we get it to .03 if that's what they want, (not meant toward you) but still doesn't make enough hospital beds for an unmitigated scenario. And that still won't be addressed in the next mortality rate post. By design, I'm guessing.
 
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VolGee4 said:
Can’t argue with that. But doctors will tell you that this is very contagious and not the flu. 🤷‍♂️
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Which I have also stated over and over and over again...It is several orders magnitude more dangerous that the flu because it infects soooo many soooo easily. I have not had the flu in years despite being in close proximity to dozens of the infected, and never wearing PPE.

Still this thing is not killing anywhere close to 4-5% of infected...But .5% is scary enough for me without the fear mongering reporting over and over and over of the higher 4-5% figures based on confirmed cases only.


The ease of transmission and the fact that so many infected are asymptomatic or lightly symptomatic IS what is terrifying about covid-19...

I have been saying this for a long time...The fact that 40-50% of people will have no symptoms at all, and another 20-30% will have light to moderate symptoms, but still be spreading it immediately everywhere they breathe is not downplaying the disease, it is why it scares me.

And I don't see how this ends anytime soon without basically mandatory testing of literally everyone so you can quarantine the infected till they either die or become well again...and that kind of testing is impossible...because our governments at every level are too stupid to figure out how to make it happen before the disease burns through the population.
 
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chargervol said:
I know what you're saying but that's not what I meant, should've worded it better.

Why I said that I don't care it's listed at 1.9 or 2.7. Makes no difference to my point, which is the infection rate and being overwhelmed. More cases means faster than numbers I'm going by and that news is a wash with any gains on mortality. And the mortality rate isn't the problem, it's supplies and capacity. Which is ignored with those posts. It's starting to take on a strawman effect.
We can add invisible cases till we get it to .03 if that's what they want, (not meant toward you) but still doesn't make enough hospital beds for an unmitigated scenario. And that still won't be addressed in the next mortality rate post. By design, I'm guessing.
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Read my other response to VolGee4...maybe it will clear up how I am thinking about this.
 
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I know in my case in particular this shutdown and stay at home deal has led me to meet and converse with many of my neighbors(staying at least 10 ft apart) as myself and them take walks. I have met many friendly and interesting people I probably would have never met before.

I've also developed a greater appreciation for watching different bird species and different sounds each make and how they interact. Currently have 4 robins near a tree in my back yard. And the family of purple martins in my neighbors yard are enjoyable to watch as they fly around.

So, in some ways there are some positive things coming to light thru this that wouldn't have necessarily in normal hustle and bustle days.
 
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JacketVol said:
I go to store. Wait on a lady while standing away. She leaves and I get ready to get some but see another lady waiting so tell her to go ahead. She thanks me and gets hers and now my turn. I walk up and this old lady 60 ish just comes right up grabbing and rubbed up against me ignoring any personal space. I back up and say SIX FEET IDIOT. Just wait and try to be sure not to get anything she touched. So many do not social distance nor do they care. It’s helping but with people still working outside of a few hair places etc, it’s not having as big effect as 200 instead of 2200 in Tennessee hospitals. Keep it up for now but these 2 million models were wrong I think regardless. If we end up at 50-60k deaths, still think it didn’t get there from 2 milllion because of what I see us doing.
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Sure, some people aren’t doing it as much as others. But what we are doing now is vastly different than what we were doing 3 weeks ago. It’s not going to eliminate the virus. But the point is to stop the exponential spread.

I get everyone’s frustrated. My bank account next month will probably be frustrated too. But I can’t stress enough that if the TN Supreme Court hadn’t stepped in to slow down the judicial system, I can’t imagine how the virus would be spreading.
 
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GiggerVol said:
I know in my case in particular this shutdown and stay at home deal has led me to meet and converse with many of my neighbors(staying at least 10 ft apart) as myself and them take walks. I have met many friendly and interesting people I probably would have never met before.

I've also developed a greater appreciation for watching different bird species and different sounds each make and how they interact. Currently have 4 robins near a tree in my back yard. And the family of purple martins in my neighbors yard are enjoyable to watch as they fly around.

So, in some ways there are some positive things coming to light thru this that wouldn't have necessarily in normal hustle and bustle days.
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The Robins are feasting on all the worms washed up from all the rain. I saw a white squirrel, which I researched the odds at 1:100,000. Cant imagine his lifespan will be for long as I hear an owl every night.
 
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