Quote from: philipma1957 on Today at 12:29:41 AM

Quote from: nullius on October 12, 2020, 11:57:31 PM

FTFY:

Quote from: cAPSLOCK on October 12, 2020, 11:51:39 PM

But between people who call it a hoax, and people who overact to it ~~a little~~ with insane panic? The first set are the idiots.

Why not both?

Quote from: nullius on October 12, 2020, 10:29:06 PM

The real problem is simpletons with absolutely binary thinking: Either Covid must be treated as the new Black Death, or Covid does not exist. How about some nuance and rationality?

P.S.,

Quote from: cAPSLOCK on October 12, 2020, 11:51:39 PM

The trick with Covid is it is so contagious that just about all of us are going to get it. And that means that <1% who it kills? There are a lot of them.

That hearkens back to my own first public statement on Covid. Guess what, 100.0% of humans die—and as you yourself noted, people are going to get Covid anyway.

Obsessive fear of Death destroys life, especially if it parlays a not-very-scary Plague into very-scary Famine. And/or War.

Quote from: nullius on March 15, 2020, 05:53:59 PM

Dear readers of the forum:

Some of you will die from the coronavirus. (—Some few of you: The virus has low lethality except to the aged or otherwise frail.) The virus may kill me, too; maybe, maybe not. That is acceptable: Life is risk, and death is a part of life. My only sadness is that sometimes, the worst befalls the best of people.

What is unacceptable is panic, bureaucratic “do something!” tyranny, and worst of all, hybris.

I hereby use an archaic spelling for the subject of a principle long forgot.

The only difference between using a six shooter then playing Russian roulette with it and going to parties and bars is the math.

1 in 6 vs 1 in 100000 if you are young and truly healthy.

Most won't play the 1 in 6 game and right now too many play the 1 in 100,000 game.

In a years time there will be treatments for it that are not vaccines. Regeneron comes to mind. So why not play it safe for a while.

Now this is a 63 year old typing not a 28 year old.

This! Exactly my thoughts! Why risk it? According to some reports Covid ruins your balls. I'm 39 now and I wouldn't want to miss out the hookers part of hookers/lambos/blow when we'll hit 100k next year.... Grin