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Spin Zone => Spin Zone => Topic started by: President-Elect Bob Noel on April 30, 2020, 06:56:05 AM

Title: "COVID-19 is the most dangerous virus...
Post by: President-Elect Bob Noel on April 30, 2020, 06:56:05 AM
... humans have ever encountered.  It's so powerful, simply thinking about it can make you lose your mind."

This is the opening of an op-ed piece in the Boston Herald today.

You want scary?  check out https://www.covid19sim.org/

bottomline:  we are all going to die.
Title: Re: "COVID-19 is the most dangerous virus...
Post by: Lucifer on April 30, 2020, 07:10:10 AM
Fear is powerful.  Just go back into history and see how fear was used to control populations, and how it was used to usher in dictatorial regimes.
Title: Re: "COVID-19 is the most dangerous virus...
Post by: Anthony on April 30, 2020, 07:31:44 AM
Fear is powerful.  Just go back into history and see how fear was used to control populations, and how it was used to usher in dictatorial regimes.

We have very few saying that the only fear is fear itself.  People are OBSESSED with Safety AT ALL COST.
Title: Re: "COVID-19 is the most dangerous virus...
Post by: Lucifer on April 30, 2020, 07:35:12 AM
We have very few saying that the only fear is fear itself.  People are OBSESSED with Safety AT ALL COST.

 We can thank the government and the lawyers for that.
Title: Re: "COVID-19 is the most dangerous virus...
Post by: Anthony on April 30, 2020, 07:37:40 AM
We can thank the government and the lawyers for that.

And the MEDIA most of all.  I swear there needs to be the ANTI MEDIA party. 
Title: Re: "COVID-19 is the most dangerous virus...
Post by: Steingar on April 30, 2020, 01:25:04 PM
I've never heard of a virus as infectious with such dire consequences for so many.
Title: Re: "COVID-19 is the most dangerous virus...
Post by: Anthony on April 30, 2020, 01:30:59 PM
I've never heard of a virus as infectious with such dire consequences for so many.

Me neither.  You are exactly correct. 
Title: Re: "COVID-19 is the most dangerous virus...
Post by: President-Elect Bob Noel on April 30, 2020, 02:51:24 PM
I've never heard of a virus as infectious with such dire consequences for so many.

um, I think you might want to clarify that.

This dumb ol' retired system engineers thinks that Ebola is pretty infectious and and has waaaaaay more dire consequences.
Title: Re: "COVID-19 is the most dangerous virus...
Post by: nddons on May 06, 2020, 02:33:26 PM
I've never heard of a virus as infectious with such dire consequences for so many.
Yet every single model and prediction of it has been found ridiculously inaccurate.