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  1. Edward K

    Edward K DI Senior Member Veteran Navy

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    I am fascinated by the millions of differing opinions here and all over the net, but I tend to agree with PhilPots, that if we don't GENERALLY slow things down, we are in for more tens of millions, if not hundreds of millions, checking out early after overwhelming medical personnel and facilities.

    The only thing I will concede is that young and middle age people die somewhat less frequently than us seniors. And throwing big parties cause you're bored strikes me as pure lunacy. And shooting people and beating them up over masks is so over the top, it boggles the mind. My trips to crazy land may be over for a very long time.

    Dumaguete is just plain lucky, SO FAR, in that it's not spreading as fast as Bacolod or Cebu, and it SEEMS to be under control. God help us is it breaks out big here.
     
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    Edward K, Sep 14, 2020
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  2. Philpots

    Philpots DI Senior Member Restricted Account

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    It seems to me that the world is faced with two basic choices.
    To wear masks and reduce close contact in which case the rate of deaths and infections can be reduced to, hopefully, the point where the medical system can handle the numbers by which time, again hopefully, a vaccine is readily available to everyone, and that is one hell a lot of vaccine.
    Or ...
    let the virus run free, infect everyone, treat those lucky enough to find a hospital bed if there are enough medical stall around to treat them, and again, hopefully find a vaccine which will prevent further spread and hopefully cure those that have it, although generally, a vaccine is not a curative, but is a preventative. The latter would result in the death rate seen in the early 1900's when over 100 million died. This time possibly well over that figure because of the larger world population.
    I think that is the stark truth and at the moment we are somewhere in between.
     
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    Philpots, Sep 14, 2020
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