Do you believe this Covid-19 is real?

Johnboy53 said:

My 60 year old healthy neighbor and a pastor told me that is Covid-19 is not as bad as the media has said. No telling if he is spreading this all over his church???

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He's wrong. My sister has it. A coworker has it. A friend has it. It's real.

Jok said:

How did China all the sudden get this get out of jail free card where everyone stopped talking about how they covered everything (and everyone) up, and are the reason this happened, to all the sudden being praised as setting an example on how to handle things? My God the sheeple are so easy to steer around!

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City officials in one city tried to cover it up. When the provincial authorities discovered what happened, information was quickly released.

ZNP said:

That doesn't work. if you do that people will look to get around the rule, driving to Hong Kong, flying to Middle East and then flying out of Middle East, etc. As a result it makes it much harder for the CDC to trace where sick people were and who they came in contact with. So this actually would make the virus spread faster.

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Ya, you're right.. no sense in trying... Seriously?

I'm not talking about the US... I'm talking about the World Health Organization... shut up China and let them deal with it in their land... If it is that bad.... and they knew it... or suspected it... But.. they didn't.. They let flights come to Canada, the US, the UK all over the place... Even just weeks ago.. planes coming from China.

In the airports.. they weren't taking action, even this week...

It all seems like they are trying to look like they are doing something while their plan of action is so full of holes it was ridiculous.

Salvadore said:

It doesn't lower the population enough to make a big difference. However, air pollution reportedly went down.

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If it's as bad as some think... It's a start... 300,000 in the US in the next 60 days?

Thomas White said:

City officials in one city tried to cover it up. When the provincial authorities discovered what happened, information was quickly released.

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So they say.. The truth is hard to get out of a communist country..

I hope that the 300,000 in the next 60 days does not come true here in the US. I can't take much more isolation.

World leaders wouldn't do all this if it wasn't a real threat

Or would they? Dun dun dun duuuh

JacksBratt said:

If it's as bad as some think... It's a start... 300,000 in the US in the next 60 days?

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Are you saying 5,000 people a day are going to die over the next 60 days?

d taylor said:

Start eating a lot of tomatoes, they are really good for your lungs. Preferably organic but i guess any is better than none at all.

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This from the guy who believes the earth is flat.

LostMarbels,
I was responding to Jack's previous statement on the subject. See above.

LostMarbels said:

Are you saying 5,000 people a day are going to die over the next 60 days?

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No, not me... check post #86

expos4ever said:

This from the guy who believes the earth is flat.

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I knew a guy that thought thunder came first...before lightening.... He was wrong.. but he was right that peeing on an electric fence wasn't a good idea..

Don't believe that if you doubt someone on one topic that they are wrong on all other unrelated topics..

JesseRBassett said:

I hope that the 300,000 in the next 60 days does not come true here in the US. I can't take much more isolation.

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I was using information from another poster in post # 86.

However, I hope that they are wrong as well.

ZNP said:

30,000? In a year? Are you kidding? If we don't have 300,000 dead in the US in the next 60 days then I am wrong. Write it down, May 17, we have less than 300,000 dead from Covid then I am wrong.

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No fun... that is my birthday. Where do you get the figure of 300,000 from?

expos4ever said:

This from the guy who believes the earth is flat.

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In one post you have proved your ignorance on three subjects. Nice days work.

JesseRBassett said:

LostMarbels,
I was responding to Jack's previous statement on the subject. See above.

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I am a bit confused because I do not remember having a conversation with you. What are you talking about if you do not mind explaining please?

My mistake sorry. I meant someone else.

I think you were talking about this post?

JesseRBassett said:

I hope that the 300,000 in the next 60 days does not come true here in the US. I can't take much more isolation.

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I think you may have misread @JacksBratt 's name for your own. All good. Use the quote button, and it will be far easier to follow the conversation, sir.

not sure I would be saying the media is right. I agree with that pastor. Its not that bad. I watched a Doctor on TV thats been around this virus, seen more then most talk about .. how easy it spreads but.. its not scary. Take this fact "More than 12,000 Americans died of H1N1 (swine flu) in the United States in 2009, and 275,000 Americans were hospitalized." And fact the media back then said? "nothing to worry about". Now look what the Media says..

So far 6200 people in the usa have it. of that 100 died. We already see in China its getting less and less.

Blade said:

So far 6200 people in the usa have it. of that 100 died. We already see in China its getting less and less.

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In China it's getting less and less because they thought is was scary and practically shut down the entire country. So far 6200 people in the US have been diagnosed with it. Because we muffed diagnostic testing so badly, there are many more -- could easily be ten times more -- actual cases. Without taking it really seriously, cases double every six days. Even if there were only 6000 cases this week, that means there would be 12,000 next week, 24,000 the week after, and 10 million infected by early June. If there are actually 60,000 cases now, then we'll have 100 million in June. With an optimistic case fatality rate of 1%, that's 1 million deaths.

Now tell me why I shouldn't take it seriously.