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lunatica

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10. Jesus!

Reply to PoindexterOglethorpe (Reply #3)

Fri Feb 28, 2020, 11:35 PM

Feb 2020

Have you been listening to the news? Everyone has the right to be cynical about it, but accusing others here of “freaking out” is just thoughtless and downright mean. Is it no big deal if some elderly relatives of DUers die? It sounds like you think so.

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Perspective: I have the coronavirus. So far, it isn't that bad. [View all] IronLionZion Feb 2020 OP

Thanks for posting n/t OhioChick Feb 2020 #1

It's worth noting that for the vast majority of people who get it... bearsfootball516 Feb 2020 #2

Right. PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2020 #3

Link to "WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE!" post please. Nt USALiberal Feb 2020 #6

Maybe not on this forum, carlvsam Feb 2020 #20

I'm among those for whom this could very well be fatal misanthrope Feb 2020 #8

I am sorry you have emphysema. But, sadly, that's a condition that PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2020 #11

The difference lies in these words misanthrope Feb 2020 #16

Another difference between Corona virus and the seasonal flu is that we can get vaccinated Tumbulu Feb 2020 #19

+++ still_one Feb 2020 #26

N95 Respirators IronLionZion Feb 2020 #33

I also would like the link to the "WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE!!!" post. n/t Coventina Feb 2020 #9

Jesus! lunatica Feb 2020 #10

Look, I understand that any and all individual deaths are sad, even tragic. PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2020 #13

Agreed. TwilightZone Feb 2020 #17

It appears to be 1%, which is indeed very high Tumbulu Feb 2020 #21

The issue is that you've chosen to ridicule people lunatica Feb 2020 #23

Okay, so maybe I'm ridiculing people who think that huge numbers of people are going to die from PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2020 #34

You either missed the entire point or lunatica Feb 2020 #38

The thing is, some of us care about the ones who won't lostnfound Feb 2020 #4

760 million people quarantined is bad uponit7771 Feb 2020 #5

Where are 760 people quarantined? PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2020 #14

China mostly. Crunchy Frog Feb 2020 #25

Here you go:from NPR 760 million locked down in China dewsgirl Feb 2020 #29

Locked down isn't really the same as quarantined. PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2020 #35

I've followed Carl Goldman's story by reading Totally Tunsie Feb 2020 #7

Ok RhodeIslandOne Feb 2020 #24

They were in quarantine at the time, and weren't to have any contact with each other. Totally Tunsie Feb 2020 #27

Kick dalton99a Feb 2020 #12

Who paid for all of this? BigmanPigman Feb 2020 #15

An excellent post. TY. JDC Feb 2020 #18

Have a patient who went into multi-organ failure/cardiac event after a influenza A infection ismnotwasm Feb 2020 #22

Thanks Raine Feb 2020 #28

stay safe bern2020 Feb 2020 #30

I did find the "we're all gonna die" link DFW Feb 2020 #31

He's missing his headband... kentuck Feb 2020 #32

It really helps if you can telecommute or afford to not work Maeve Feb 2020 #36

Restaurant dishwashers, store clerks, janitors, etc. should telecommute IronLionZion Feb 2020 #37

Exactly--this guy is lucky in ways he isn't acknowledging Maeve Feb 2020 #39

Thank you for sharing coeur_de_lion Feb 2020 #40