Yeah Frank, have these people been wrong before? Just trust them because observation and your own judgement can't help you here! Just use common sense! The meaner I am, the more you'll believe me!
2001: Anthrax is going to kill us! 2002: West Nile Virus is going to kill us! 2004: SARS is going to kill us! 2006: E. Coli is going to kill us! 2008: Avian bird flu is going to kill us! 2010: Swine flu is going to kill us! 2012: MERS is going to kill us! 2014: Ebola is going kill us! 2015: Measles is going to kill us! 2016: Zika is going to kill us! 2018: Ebola again is going to kill us! 2020: Coronavirus is going to kill us!
Officially back in this thread...dangit.
Not sure what 'us' you are referring to - probably Mercans, but these zoonotic infections have killed hundreds of thousands of humans. And without proportional public health (and public cooperation) responses, they would have killed many more. The efforts to contain some of these outbreaks and seasonal infections have been huge, and successful. You pay (taxes, hopefully) for world-wide surveillance, education, outbreak response and infection control, etc.. We all thank you.
Current global death rate is 3.4% of those infected. Due to slow response here in the US, the numbers are mirroring Italy and our ability to test for the virus is extremely lacking. Some projections say that 70% of the population will contract this if better measures aren't taken... Not listening to experts in a field of study is simply idiotic.
Thanks joe. tradie I hope your climbing with a spray bottle of bleach
It's pretty easy to keep "social distance" in a huge national park, plus I rarely climb the clogged classics anymore. Don't usually touch my face either with all that bird shit around.
revans90 wrote: I was hoping you would do some social justice and bleaching down the classics lol.
Climb on and prosper shit man it’s 5am in Ca
A friend and I were joking that there aren’t any classic climbs with bird or bat shit
Real climbers wake up before the sun comes up.
In Cali all the classics have bird shit on them, check out Solid Gold. It's literally a shit stain.
"Keep a stiff upper lip"
-Tradiban
BJB
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The Summit chain of climbing gyms in the general Dallas-Fort Worth area announced last night that they will be closed at least through the end of March.
It's pretty easy to keep "social distance" in a huge national park, plus I rarely climb the clogged classics anymore. Don't usually touch my face either with all that bird shit around.
Philadelphia Rock Gyms and Go Vertical in Radnor, PA are closing for two weeks.
I for one, am quite heartened by the general response with gyms and outdoor retailers with the resources to do so (REI, Patagonia, etc.) closing their businesses, and still paying their employees. People are putting people first. People are calmly and diligently following the advice of public health experts. People aren’t as divided as our politics would make it seem.
People aren’t panicking in the real world (If you think people buying extra rolls of TP counts of hysteria, get real. I saw a society collapse in Iraq in 2003 - we’re nowhere even close).
The trolls can shitpost all they want but they don’t have any real power, and very few are taking their viewpoints seriously.
You're right! Just because they've been wrong in the past, and over hyped past diseases, this time it's different and worthy of panic! Are you scared????
Yeah Frank, have these people been wrong before? Just trust them because observation and your own judgement can't help you here! Just use common sense! The meaner I am, the more you'll believe me!
2001: Anthrax is going to kill us! 2002: West Nile Virus is going to kill us! 2004: SARS is going to kill us! 2006: E. Coli is going to kill us! 2008: Avian bird flu is going to kill us! 2010: Swine flu is going to kill us! 2012: MERS is going to kill us! 2014: Ebola is going kill us! 2015: Measles is going to kill us! 2016: Zika is going to kill us! 2018: Ebola again is going to kill us! 2020: Coronavirus is going to kill us!
Officially back in this thread...dangit.
We are as dissapointed as you that you are back in this thread... dangit. Don't take it out on yourself. You think these infections magically took care of themselves? Who was wrong, the scientists and doctors for mounting a response? You could say the same thing about defence. What the hell do we need all of these planes and bombs for...? Read.
We are as dissapointed as you that you are back in this thread... dangit. Don't take it out on yourself. You think these infections magically took care of themselves? Who was wrong, the scientists and doctors for mounting a response? You could say the same thing about defence. What the hell do we need all of these planes and bombs for...? Read.
Dear Chicken Little,
Everything will be OK. This will blow over in a couple of months. Hard to believe, huh? My crystal ball says so, so I know it's true.
James is providing a calm perspective and he is welcome in this thread. (I can't wait for the responses to this!)
Edit: I just went to the grocery store, and other people were there, too. Amazing!
People are most defiantly buying up all the TP and panicking at leasti California Central Valley.
Again, people buying extra TP isn’t indicative of mass panic and hysteria. And neither are the social distancing measures being implemented.
A lot of people have grown up in time of, by dint of luck, in wealthy and largely peaceful nations, and aren’t used to inconvenience, sacrifice, and the need for collective action. What they didn’t realize that the tribulations that have always plagued humanity (disease, natural disasters, war, etc. ) were never defeated - they were always present, just waiting to reappear. But fear not, live well, and help flatten the curve.
Everything will be OK. This will blow over in a couple of months. Hard to believe, huh? My crystal ball says so, so I know it's true.
James is providing a calm perspective and he is welcome in this thread. (I can't wait for the responses to this!)
Edit: I just went to the grocery store, and other people were there, too. Amazing!
Calm, yes, the exclamation points were very soothing. Please do nothing, and this will blow over all by itself. No one shoud have to work hard to try to control an outbeak.
Calm, yes, the exclamation points were very soothing. Please do nothing, and this will blow over all by itself. No one shoud have to work hard to try to control an outbeak.
Be like Frank and just go with the outbreak, see where it takes you. It’s not a seizure, he has a hunch. Just lay him down in the recovery position and wait for the wisdom to spring forth.
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