Corona virus

[hossblur]

Regarding the first sentence, I am confident the Government is not going to let me starve. If it does, I will ask for the plans on that squirrel trap.

At least we agree that more data is better than less data. Unfortunately, the US had lagged in testing from the start of this situation. That is why the market has lost all confidence in the messages from the government (both sides). People have to wonder why we put up with this crap from our elected officials. A crisis demands real leadership, which means doing what is best even though it may be tough.

I agree. I'm just going to point out, the same Dr Fauci, who now is in charge, was in charge a month ago, 2 months ago, 3 months ago, 6 months ago.

Why are we short on testing?

 

[Ben Lamb]

This thread is the TP nobody wants to horde.

 

[Elkmagnet]

Lol...no
I dont want you to leave hunttalk.
I'd bet ya a steak dinner at a favorite restaurant, but I dont feel to comfortable betting on human life.

Refusing to acknowledge the severity of a situation is a gamble on human lives.

 

[Schaaf]

Banning all travel from Europe will be exactly what we need for keeping Coronavirus from reaching America’s mainland.


Oh? It’s already here. Well I’m not really sure what the point of that is. I think I’m gonna sit in my basement and get some reloading done, look for sheds in another week, and then go find a nice fat bear.

 

[hossblur]

I hope and you are right.

I'm reasonably confident in about that time period, maybe less, we'll be hearing "thoughts and prayers"

When you're the one in power you get to take credit when things are good and have to take the blame when things go South.

We saw that for 8 years when Obama blamed Bush for the economy.

Oh, and dont look now who is pushing a bill to stop Eurpean Travel ban.

BTW, anyone notice the CPAC senators are out of self quarantine? Anyone? Crickets?

Wonder why? It was all over the media when they were infected.

 

[Elkmagnet]

The US will be above 1K dead a month.

Unfortunately. Look at the ramp the US has started on this graph.

Singapore Wins Praise For Its COVID-19 Strategy. The U.S. Does Not

Around the world, different countries have responded differently to the coronavirus crisis — with dramatically different results.

www.npr.org

 

[noharleyyet]

SIAP....feel free to google the source or shoot the messenger

False Claim About CDC's Global Anti-Pandemic Work - FactCheck.org

As the COVID-19 disease caused by the new coronavirus has spread around the world, a number of politicians, news organizations and public figures have made the false claim that the Trump administration cut the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's anti-pandemic work in over 40 countries...

www.factcheck.org

 

[Hilljackoutlaw]

Refusing to acknowledge the severity of a situation is a gamble on human lives.

I'm not refusing the severity...I'm the rare dumbass that thinks we are getting this under control and the fear is overstated for political purposes. Plus the weather should be on our side.

Were different. You live in face mask fear land and I'm out shaking hands and living like it's another Thursday.

 

[Elkmagnet]

We saw that for 8 years when Obama blamed Bush for the economy.

Oh, and dont look now who is pushing a bill to stop Eurpean Travel ban.

BTW, anyone notice the CPAC senators are out of self quarantine? Anyone? Crickets?

Wonder why? It was all over the media when they were infected.

Stop watching the news for your news!

 

[Elkmagnet]

I'm not refusing the severity...I'm the rare dumbass that thinks we are getting this under control and the fear is overstated for political purposes. Plus the weather should be on our side.

Were different. You live in face mask fear land and I'm out shaking hands and living like it's another Thursday.

Assume everyone who takes this seriously is scared.
Me. Im not willing to gamble a bunch of lives by acting as an vector. You are more willing to do so than to bet your time on hunttalk.
No fear or denial here.

 

[EYJONAS!]

Holy shit this thread is comical to watch...........

 

[hossblur]

This has been fun.


I'll check back later to get all my Orange man bad info.


It's just about spring bear season.

You all better stay home. You got any idea the rate of trichinosis? Add to that the rate of lyme disease. Plus the rate of vehicle accidents, accidenral shooting deaths, deaths from accidental knife cut, hypothermia, heart attack from over exertion, rates of cougar attack and bear attack?

Best to cancel bear hunting now, better safe than sorry.

 

[DouglasR]

No shit there was just a dude eating a sandwich off the couch at the climbing gym.
Should I hit him with the flamethrower?

 

[Hilljackoutlaw]

Assume everyone who takes this seriously is scared.
Me. Im not willing to gamble a bunch of lives by acting as an vector. You are more willing to do so than to bet your time on hunttalk.
No fear or denial here.

Yea I'm acting as a vector in a state that has 0 cases. Spreading that shit like one of our yearly climate change caused wildfires.

 

[Nameless Range]

I posted a link to Marginal Revolution back in the early pages of this thread, but there are some real fascinating articles and charts on there. This blog consistently has serious and interesting info related to COVID-19

Marginal REVOLUTION

Small Steps Toward A Much Better World

marginalrevolution.com

Also, this is a disturbing article, bias is debateable.

Massive US Government Failure - Marginal REVOLUTION

NPR: Ashish Jha, who runs the Harvard Global Health Institute, says the response to the coronavirus has varied dramatically around the world. …So how has the United States’ response been? “Our response is much, much worse than almost any other country that’s been affected,” Jha says. He uses the...

marginalrevolution.com

 

[mplane72]

We saw that for 8 years when Obama blamed Bush for the economy.

Oh, and dont look now who is pushing a bill to stop Eurpean Travel ban.

BTW, anyone notice the CPAC senators are out of self quarantine? Anyone? Crickets?

Wonder why? It was all over the media when they were infected.

So what?

Who and who cares? Not surprised someone is.

Think they'll get an invite to the White House?

 

[Hilljackoutlaw]

"This act probably saved 1000s of lives"
-Dr. Fauci

Speaking on the travel ban and quarantines trump put in place on Jan 31st. When he did this every media outlet and current presidential candidates called him a xenophobe and racist. Nope ZERO I mean ZERO political taint to that at all.

 

[SAJ-99]

Why are we short on testing?

We are short on testing because we have been short of tests. It seems to have started with a pissing match between the WHO and CDC. The CDC wanted to use their test and flu monitoring network. It took them a couple of weeks to build the test and then the tests had a flaw (in that they didn't work), so they had to start over. The lack of actual tests meant there had to be strict criteria on who got tested. The criteria didn't match up with escalation of the virus - community spread was already showing, so "recent travel to affected area" as a requirement was sort of pointless. Last Sunday, hospitals were supposed to get 2m tests this week and 2-4m next week. Those estimates seem to be a bit aggressive because there continue to be a shortage of tests. We have been behind the curve on this. I hope it is fixed and I hope it stays as a good test for future events like this. I am sure that "Everyone who wants a test can get a test" is complete BS, but it may better. Not everyone needs to be tested, but if you still are trying to limit spread, testing is the key. Otherwise you might as well set up temp hospitals for treatment of the most serious cases.

 

[Elkmagnet]

Yea I'm acting as a vector in a state that has 0 cases. Spreading that shit like one of our yearly climate change caused wildfires.

Get back to us on that next month let us know if you are still licking door knobs to spite CNN.

 

[noharleyyet]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1238067212872802304