Morch Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 7 minutes ago, Maestro said: . Source: https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/08/students-rebuke-notre-dame-president-428208 The above quote means hat Jenkins got his positive Covid-19 test result on October 2. Is there no contact tracing in the USA? In a country with contract tracing, all guests who were at the White House garden party on September 26 would immediately have been ordered to go into self-quarantine for two weeks. White House Hasn’t Asked CDC Investigators for Covid-19 Case Tracking Help https://www.wsj.com/articles/white-house-hasnt-asked-cdc-investigators-for-covid-19-case-tracking-help-11601932906 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heybruce Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 3 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said: Just curious, but did you fear the flu as much? Flu kills too. I used the word "respect", not "fear". I don't worry about the flu nearly as much as Covid 19 because the flu is far less lethal than Covid 19. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Credo Posted October 9, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted October 9, 2020 6 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said: Yes, but what is your point? The Spanish flu killed more and they carried on. Well, that's simply not true. Some of the largest cities in the US closed down. Schools were closed, bars, restaurants and in Philadelphia even essential services came to a halt. Cities that had early mitigation efforts fared much better than those that didn't. The US is at 210,000 deaths in a little less than 9 months. The Spanish Flu killed about 500,000 in the two years it was circulating. I'd say we are pretty close to being on track to reach that number if we continue down the do-nothing track we are on. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/2020/03/how-cities-flattened-curve-1918-spanish-flu-pandemic-coronavirus/ 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrTuner Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 2 hours ago, Credo said: The US is at 210,000 deaths in a little less than 9 months. The Spanish Flu killed about 500,000 in the two years it was circulating. I'd say we are pretty close to being on track to reach that number if we continue down the do-nothing track we are on. In absolute numbers maybe. But the US population in 1918 was 103 million, now it's three times that. So you'd need 1.5M dead to get same percentage. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 Off-topic post removed. Let's stick to the Coronavirus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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