Falcons Closing until 3-27

[Tbe]

4 hours ago, top dawg said:

This may or may not be true. It's too early to make that statement, as we don't have the data to make that assessment. It's certainly highly contagious, & the biggest difference is that there is no vaccine, which is why medical officials don't want this thing running rampant. The flu is bad enough, now add in the novel coronavirus, and that's probably at least double the trouble. 

I think Italy would say they have enough data. 1300 deaths so far. All deaths by the flu in 2019...240.

[Brooklyn 3.0]

Experts say it's the flu on steroids. Yes, people are idiots for overreacting. Yes, you're an idiot if you compare this to seasonal flu.

[Tepper's Chest Hair]

1 hour ago, AceBoogie said:

I’ve never gotten a flu vaccination and I’ve never gotten the flu

This is often due to "herd immunity".  The "I don't need a vaccine because I haven't personally gotten sick" ignores how thankful you should be to others.

Lets say there is a group of 10 people.  9 have a vaccination.  JoeSchmoe does not.  The 9 people being vaccinated are helping to ensure that JoeSchmoe does not get it.  Due to them being (generally) unable to get it due to vaccines, they assist in preventing it from being transferred to those that do not get vaccinated.

[arbnranger]

16 hours ago, Tepper's Chest Hair said:

Reopening 3-28?  

Scrolled back up to give you pie after it hit me . 
nice work . 

[Snake]

5 hours ago, top dawg said:

This may or may not be true. It's too early to make that statement, as we don't have the data to make that assessment. It's certainly highly contagious, & the biggest difference is that there is no vaccine, which is why medical officials don't want this thing running rampant. The flu is bad enough, now add in the novel coronavirus, and that's probably at least double the trouble. 

We don't have a vaccine for the common cold thus one will not be made for this cold. I'm not saying you should not wash your hands but the overreaction is more dangerous than the virus in every way. Also I think it's smart for the Falcons to shut down. We know they don't practice good hand washing. 

[Black&BlueBubba]

Can’t make this poo up. 

[Snake]

25 minutes ago, Tepper's Chest Hair said:

This is often due to "herd immunity".  The "I don't need a vaccine because I haven't personally gotten sick" ignores how thankful you should be to others.

Lets say there is a group of 10 people.  9 have a vaccination.  JoeSchmoe does not.  The 9 people being vaccinated are helping to ensure that JoeSchmoe does not get it.  Due to them being (generally) unable to get it due to vaccines, they assist in preventing it from being transferred to those that do not get vaccinated.

You should always get vaccinated. It cost almost nothing and as you said helps others from getting sick. Corona on the other hand in every strain mutates in a fast rate so herd immunity is really the only way to get immunity. Probably a good time to tell people that the government is paying 7k to get sick so might as well cash in for those antibodys.  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[Snake]

1 hour ago, Brooklyn 3.0 said:

Experts say it's the flu on steroids. Yes, people are idiots for overreacting. Yes, you're an idiot if you compare this to seasonal flu.

It's not. You have a better chance of dying from hepatitis or norvovirus and that's the statistics coming from the CDC. It's ok if you practice good hand washing but buying all the bread, milk, and TP won't help much. 

[Snake]

1 hour ago, Tbe said:

I think Italy would say they have enough data. 1300 deaths so far. All deaths by the flu in 2019...240.

24k flu deaths in 2018 where good data was used. 

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971219303285

[Black&BlueBubba]

5 minutes ago, Snake said:

We don't have a vaccine for the common cold thus one will not be made for this cold. I'm not saying you should not wash your hands but the overreaction is more dangerous than the virus in every way. Also I think it's smart for the Falcons to shut down. We know they don't practice good hand washing. 

What?????   The common cold is thousands of strains. You don’t make a vaccine for a thousand strains.   This is one single strain.  There will be a vaccine.  But not for about 18-24 months.  
 

 

 

[Snake]

2 minutes ago, Black&BlueBubba said:

What?????   The common cold is thousands of strains. You don’t make a vaccine for a thousand strains.   This is one single strain.  There will be a vaccine.  But not for about 18-24 months.  
 

 

 

The mutation rate will prevent that. A corona virus (the cold) can mutate multiple times in one season. Covid-19 has 2 strains already and is why it's so infectious. 

[TheRumGone]

Comments in this thread are the perfect example of how this virus is going to get very bad in America.

[Happy Panther]

17 hours ago, Snake said:

No, because it's not any more serious than the flu.

It is around 100x more likely to kill you.

[AceBoogie]

2 hours ago, Tepper's Chest Hair said:

This is often due to "herd immunity".  The "I don't need a vaccine because I haven't personally gotten sick" ignores how thankful you should be to others.

Lets say there is a group of 10 people.  9 have a vaccination.  JoeSchmoe does not.  The 9 people being vaccinated are helping to ensure that JoeSchmoe does not get it.  Due to them being (generally) unable to get it due to vaccines, they assist in preventing it from being transferred to those that do not get vaccinated.

Yea say what you want about me, but I’m not shutting down my life so that Joe Schomoe can live. That’s not the way the world works. I’ll wash my hands and stay at home when sick, but I’m not trapping myself at home so that someone else can live. It’s natural selection, and as humans we’ve forgotten that. If the people from this diseases all die off then the ones that are able to shrug it off will keep multiplying and this poo won’t even be a thing anymore. Just live your life, tomorrow isn’t promised for any of us regardless of what’s out there.