Interesting Articles: COVID-19 Edition

[Jerseysteve]

https://nypost.com/2020/09/06/its-now-looking-like-the-lockdowns-may-have-been-a-huge-mistake/

[Dan]

https://abc7ny.com/education/district-suspends-student-for-attending-in-person-classes-on-remote-day/6414358/

[Jerseysteve]

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/09/08/phil-murphy-powerful-governor-america-409522

[hllulbh1]

Do you think in 100 years from now they won't remember much about 2020?

The 1918 flu killed 20-100 million in a span of one flu season, close to 1 million in the US. COVID deaths are close to 1 million worldwide. The hardest hit in 1918 were the most robust in society rather than the most vulnerable. It also decimated some families and some towns, with 90% of the population dying in some Eskimo towns in Alaska for instance and leaving behind hundreds of thousands of orphans in the US. They barely had a chance to react to it before it was gone. The sheer shock of it all pushed society to just move on once it passed, without it causing any significant change in how society functioned afterwards. I think they will remember COVID for a very long time, particularly due to its relatively slow worldwide spread, which has caused reactions that have resulted in a complete upheaval of society and the economy.

[Dan]

The 1918 flu killed 20-100 million in a span of one flu season, close to 1 million in the US. COVID deaths are close to 1 million worldwide. The hardest hit in 1918 were the most robust in society rather than the most vulnerable. It also decimated some families and some towns, with 90% of the population dying in some Eskimo towns in Alaska for instance and leaving behind hundreds of thousands of orphans in the US. They barely had a chance to react to it before it was gone. The sheer shock of it all pushed society to just move on once it passed, without it causing any significant change in how society functioned afterwards. I think they will remember COVID for a very long time, particularly due to its relatively slow worldwide spread, which has caused reactions that have resulted in a complete upheaval of society and the economy.

It was not one flu season, there were several waves over at least 2 years.

[hllulbh1]

It was not one flu season, there were several waves over at least 2 years.

The first one was mild - a typical flu season, with about average deaths but very disruptive to the war effort. That was Spring 1918. Fall 1918 is when it returned in its deadly form. The third wave in early 1919 was very deadly but not as bad as the second wave. In early 1920 the fourth wave was also deadly but smaller in scale and much less widespread geographically.

[Dan]

The first one was mild - a typical flu season, with about average deaths but very disruptive to the war effort. That was Spring 1918. Fall 1918 is when it returned in its deadly form. The third wave in early 1919 was very deadly but not as bad as the second wave. In early 1920 the fourth wave was also deadly but smaller in scale and much less widespread geographically.

OK?
You said it was one flu season. It was not.

[hllulbh1]

OK?
You said it was one flu season. It was not.

I don’t think we are saying anything different. When people refer to the 1918 Flu, they are referring to the one that caused widespread death. That was Fall 1918 and Winter 1919, the 2nd and 3rd wave. A flu season is usually a Fall through early Spring time period. The last wave only affected isolated areas worldwide and most of the world had moved on long before and wasn’t impacted by it.

[S209]

The 1918 flu killed 20-100 million

One of the most useless statistics commonly quoted.

The current coronavirus has killed between 2 dozen and 500 million people worldwide.

[etech0]

50% of the people in the world are of below average intelligence

[S209]

50% of the people in the world are of average or below average intelligence

FTFY

There are probably many people at the 50% marker

[hllulbh1]

One of the most useless statistics commonly quoted.

The current coronavirus has killed between 2 dozen and 500 million people worldwide.

Some say 20-50 million, Gina Kolata in Flu writes 50-100 million. 50 million would be approximately 3% of the world population. They say India had 12-20 million deaths in Fall 1918, which is an unfathomable number. Back then there were many parts of the world that did not have a population census, so the estimates are varied. If the current coronavirus was reported in the same way, with the present day record keeping, it would in fact be useless.

[Yo ssi]

https://www.timesofisrael.com/packed-prayers-at-chabad-headquarters-raise-virus-alarm/

[PlatinumGuy]

https://medium.com/@asit.mishra76pi/making-your-own-covid19-masks-a-few-pointers-b2f66072f9f3

[PlatinumGuy]

https://www.vox.com/21296067/coronavirus-covid-symptoms-superspreaders-superspreading-contagious-bars-restaurants

  The research suggests that people carrying this virus are potentially infectious for about two and a half days — and rise to a “moderate probability of transmission per contact” for “less than half a day,” the researchers write

[PlatinumGuy]

https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2020/07/418181/one-more-reason-wear-mask-youll-get-less-sick-covid-19

[yaakov35]

https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2020/07/418181/one-more-reason-wear-mask-youll-get-less-sick-covid-19

Chocolate ice cream was on sale during last round of infections, so Chocolate ice cream= less sick with covid.

[Lurker]

https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2020/07/418181/one-more-reason-wear-mask-youll-get-less-sick-covid-19

Study published about 6 weeks ago:

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11606-020-06067-8

[Lurker]

Chocolate ice cream was on sale during last round of infections, so Chocolate ice cream= less sick with covid.

I don't believe I've ever met anyone who is as full of sh!t as you are. Do you eat anything special?

[yaakov35]

I don't believe I've ever met anyone who is as full of sh!t as you are. Do you eat anything special?

Nice to meet you too.