Did New York fail to protect its citizens?

[RDKirk]

You are playing with semantics. What i mean is hes not going to give every state exactly what they might need in the future because there are only so many in the stockpile. so for now they only get what they currently need. If that isnt rationing then maybe we could call it sharing?.

I'm not playing with semantics, you are.

"Rationing" doesn't mean whatever you happen to want it to mean.

When the government practices rationing, it means something very specific, exactly what I described: Rationing would be explicitly identifying how many items would go to whom at what time increments.

 

[Need answers]

I'm not playing with semantics, you are.

"Rationing" doesn't mean whatever you happen to want it to mean.

When the government practices rationing, it means something very specific, exactly what I described: Rationing would be explicitly identifying how many items would go to whom at what time increments.

I think ration was an acceptable term. But here are some other words. Let me know which one suits the situation in question. Check out definition #2 at the bottom. That sure sounds like what Trump is talking about.

ra·tion

1) allow each person to have only a fixed amount of (a particular commodity).

Similar:
control
limit (to a fixed amount)
restrict (the consumption of)
conserve
budget
distribute
share out
measure out
divide out/up
apportion
give out
deal out
issue
allocate
allot
dispense
hand out
pass out
dole out
parcel out
admeasure

2)allow someone to have only (a fixed amount of a certain commodity)

 

[RDKirk]

I think ration was an acceptable term. But here are some other words. Let me know which one suits the situation in question. Check out definition #2 at the bottom. That sure sounds like what Trump is talking about.

ra·tion

1) allow each person to have only a fixed amount of (a particular commodity).

Similar:
control
limit (to a fixed amount)
restrict (the consumption of)
conserve
budget
distribute
share out
measure out
divide out/up
apportion
give out
deal out
issue
allocate
allot
dispense
hand out
pass out
dole out
parcel out
admeasure

2)allow someone to have only (a fixed amount of a certain commodity)

You went to definition #2, didn't you?

Hoisted by your own petard.

 

[Need answers]

You went to definition #2, didn't you?

Hoisted by your own petard.

Could you clarify this? Thanks.

 

[hedrick]

So lets hope the doom and gloom isnt a reality.

Not sure what you mean by doom and gloom. Predictions without distancing were 1 million deaths. But we're doing it. Predictions are now on the order of 100,000, hopefully a bit less. I think it's pretty unlikely that we'll get the original large number.

The more difficult question is what happens after we come down from the peaks. Does it just go away? Probably not. What do we do, and what are the consequences?

 

[RDKirk]

Not sure what you mean by doom and gloom. Predictions without distancing were 1 million deaths. But we're doing it. Predictions are now on the order of 100,000, hopefully a bit less. I think it's pretty unlikely that we'll get the original large number.

The more difficult question is what happens after we come down from the peaks. Does it just go away? Probably not. What do we do, and what are the consequences?

That's what I've been talking about. The curve only stays flat as long as we continue sheltering-in-place. The virus is still out there. It will be out there on the first of May just as it was on the first of February. The moment activity goes back to "normal," the infection rate can go exponential again. There might be some respite during the summer, if this virus turns out to be dampened by summers, but it will come roaring back again in the fall.

The experts aren't explicitly saying that shelter-in-place needs to be the new normal until a vaccine is available. It will interesting to see how they break that news to the public on April 30.

 

[Need answers]

Not sure what you mean by doom and gloom. Predictions without distancing were 1 million deaths. But we're doing it. Predictions are now on the order of 100,000, hopefully a bit less. I think it's pretty unlikely that we'll get the original large number.

The more difficult question is what happens after we come down from the peaks. Does it just go away? Probably not. What do we do, and what are the consequences?

The doom and gloom are the projections you just referred to, as well as shortages in medical supplies.