been a long day and my calc-fu has failed me...

...assuming that you believe any of the figures presented to us, which I most certainly do not.

There is no truth to be found in any of what they tell us, except that there is no truth in it.

that was the point I was trying to make - with a lot of sarcasm mixed in

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and I think the death rate is less than 1% - perhaps someone can check my math - 1720/84092

Really, you can't do this your head? Take 84,092, shift the decimal two places to the left which gives you 840 or 1% of 84,092. Multiply 840 by 2, 1,600+80=1,680, or 2% of 84,092. 1,720 is more than 1,680 therefore the death rate is more than 2%, about 2.05% which is also easily figured out since 1,720-1,680=40 which is about 10% of 50% of 1% of 84,092, or .05%.

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There is no truth to be found in any of what they tell us, except that there is no truth in it.

Liar paradox: If the liar is indeed lying, then the liar is telling the truth, which means the liar just lied.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liar_paradox

Just a reminder that ANY talk of a lockdown is purely political and anti-science.

The lockdown was specifically implemented to flatten the rate of infection to ensure medical resources were not overwhelmed. We have not approached having medical resources overwhelmed, in fact many in the medical profession lost their jobs or had their hours and income seriously reduced.

The lockdown did what it was supposed to do. Now we have to learn to live with this and continue our lives. Any lockdowns from this point on are purely political and intended to hurt the re-election of the president. There is no science to support locking down the economy again.

^^^ Goes along with the maxim that anything that happens in an election year is done due to the election.

On my way driving up to Dallas this afternoon I listened to a clinical presentation on Covid-19 that was sponsored by my employer. The focus was clinical presentations of Covid-19 is various medical imaging modalities. The presenters were two nationally recognized Radiologist. There were various case presentations and discussions about varied disease presentation and progressions. This was a peer to peer educational event providing CME's to those watching so there was no political or administrative spin. Simply doctors sharing their experience of diagnosing various disease states caused by Covid-19.

Both presenters mentioned, somewhat casually, that the case numbers (people who have actually contracted Covid-19) is drastically under reported. Both discussed that the majority of people who presented to their hospitals with symptoms of Covid-19 were stable and were sent home to "ride it out" without being tested. They also discussed the likelyhood of a significant number of non symptomatic and mild cases that will never seek care.

...and now Texas is requiring masks in any county with more than 20 cases.

All we can do is look forward to the day when all of this is over, and I would suggest that no one pipe up right now to say cynically that this will never be over, because you know what I mean.

It will be past the first of the year before this is even a possibility, but, eventually, the liars will give it up, the fools will follow, and the gullible will be last to let it go. Some time after that, perhaps next year, perhaps ten years from now, the truth will emerge eventually and the truth is that almost everything we did and were forced to do during this farce were the wrong things to do.

When that happens, I hope the fools and the gullible will be ashamed, and I hope the liars will be reviled for their crimes against us.

Right you are Jefe.

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Originally posted by tigereye313:
...and now Texas is requiring masks in any county with more than 20 cases.

But this morning Lt Governor Dan Patrick said he ain’t listening to dr fauci anymore...it’s all over the news




Link to original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObHZW4Lzlno

Faucci is the perfect bureaucrat. As far as I can determine, he's never been right about anything. He's the wrongest cat who who ever lived.

You just don't want to know what I think should happen to him.

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Originally posted by parabellum:
Faucci is the perfect bureaucrat. As far as I can determine, he's never been right about anything. He's the wrongest cat who who ever lived.

You just don't want to know what I think should happen to him.

Oh I can think of a few things....

I wish POTUS had fired this guy a while back, but I know he would have caught a ton of flak over it.

I don't know if I can take the hysteria for a full year...it's asinine, nonsensical, and unsustainable.

As we get farther into this, more people are beginning to figure it out. We'll reach a point where people will begin to fail to comply with all these arbitrary and ever-changing rules. People want/need to go back to work and want/need their lives to come back to a semblance of normalcy. The sooner this happens, the better, but you can see that no matter what the people want or think, these disgusting asshole leftist governors, mayors and bureaucrats will continue at it.

What the United States needs right now is an outright rebellion by the populace. I don't mean the idiotic and hateful fringe groups trying to implement some twisted agenda; I mean the people like you and me- the law-abiding, working people who fuel this nation's economy. I'd love to see it. I'd love to see everyone everywhere just say "fuck you, I'm not jumping through your hoops any more." What are they going to do? Put 150 million of us in jail?

I just HOPE Lt. Governor Patrick tells Lina Hidalgo to go have coitus with a goat. Walked into Academy this afternoon and was met at the door by a [nice] lady...
"Do you have your mask?"
"I don't even OWN a mask, ma'am".
Lady busily opens a drawer at her stand and pulls out a package. "It's now required".
[YUUUUUGE eyeroll] "Whatever...." [Grabbed mask and went inside.]

Made SURE to wear it incorrectly in an OBVIOUS manner. I'm an insolent, recalcitrant bastard.....

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Originally posted by MikeinNC:

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Originally posted by tigereye313:
...and now Texas is requiring masks in any county with more than 20 cases.

But this morning Lt Governor Dan Patrick said he ain’t listening to dr fauci anymore...it’s all over the news.

Same thing I've been saying and sharing with others for the past couple weeks. Fauci can go blow his opinions out his ass.

I have to go to the grocery store tomorrow and I expect that trip to be quite the cluster[blank].

AZ Governor has shut down the Fitness Centers....where everyone wears a mask and there are sanitary wipes stations within reach.

No mention by the health experts if anyone got the virus at an AZ fitness center/gym.

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Originally posted by GWbiker:
AZ Governor has shut down the Fitness Centers....where everyone wears a mask and there are sanitary wipes stations within reach.

No mention by the health experts if anyone got the virus at an AZ fitness center/gym.

Same thing I mentioned before. Show me the stats to support the position that gyms and bars are the entities contributing to the rise in positive tests. I have never been able to suggest to 'any' customer 'ever' a course of action without supporting my recommendation(s) with data. These GD elected morons are making this shit up as they go and no one in the 'media' is calling them on it.