Wuhan Coronavirus: Megathread - Got too big

[Stoneheart]

Family-owned shop. Was there today for some repairs and an oil change. Dropped it off, came back later. No mask either time. Nothing said.

only dealerships work on my car so im out of luck...

 

[I can't imagine]

Maybe comprehension is hard. Wearing a mask to not get other people sick is simple, and common. These are easy things people can do to not make the situation worse, and do not require collapsing society. My statement is that it seems like Americans want a plague, not that I think there is a plague. Because anything short of a clear, visible, niggas dropping dead in the street doomsday plague is just "aaah aint nothin Imma do what I want" for too many people.

Do you think that if asymptomatic people stop wearing masks, that singular act by itself will cause a dramatic increase in infections/deaths?

 

[theshep]

Allahu Akbar.

 

[FuckedUp]

It's not that we want a plague. It's just that people think mandatory masks are a violation of their civil liberties for whatever reason.

It has become too politicized.

It is, though. And before you say "what about clothes?":

a. masks are going way too far. What if they mandated full-on hazmat suits?
b. clothes shouldn't be mandatory

 

[DubbleBubble]

Do you think that if asymptomatic people stop wearing masks, that singular act by itself will cause a dramatic increase in infections/deaths?

Well the numbers worldwide, even assuming theyre higher in reality.. suggest that countries that at least ATTEMPT to control the virus with mandated masks and keeping gatherings to a minimum do have significantly less cases and deaths than countries that either aren't trying, or in the US case, where the defiant citizenry are actively making everything worse.

That doesnt require shutting down the economy or not letting people outside at all, but most people understand crisis situations whatever they may be, require compromise. Kind of like how you don't waste water during a severe drought, shout Bomb on an airplane etc.

Anyone complaining about masks, that are not even a minor inconvenience, would also have to complain about pants being mandatory too... oh god damn.

 

[eternal dog mongler]

It is, though. And before you say "what about clothes?":

a. masks are going way too far. What if they mandated full-on hazmat suits?
b. clothes shouldn't be mandatory

You can walk around with your micropenis out if you want. We'll all get a good laugh.

Mandatory masks aren't akin to no shoes no shirt no service. It's more like smoking in public places. You're harming others by doing it.

 

[FuckedUp]

Mandatory masks aren't akin to no shoes no shirt no service. It's more like smoking in public places. You're harming others by doing it.

Smoking in public places is more debatable I guess, but smoking is an active behavior while not wearing a mask is a passive one. In slightly different words, you're forcing someone to not do a certain thing versus requiring them to do something.

 

[JongleJingle]

Well shit boys, looks like whatever country not infested with the bug is gonna have a fun time with the clown house downstairs soon...

 

[Simpadoo]

We know at least 1 or 2, who suffered no other illnesses and were under 60. One before people were really worrying about covid in germany, but he liked to travel asia and died quickly of unusual respiratory related complications right before anyone was testing for that. And a few family friends that took a good month recovery to be functional humans again after showing symptoms.

I don't know what Americans want, stacks of your dead neighbors being lit up in funeral pyres on your front lawn before you might maybe begin to think its real? People are getting sick, most aren't dying, but some are. a lot of old but a lot of people who have issues and dont even know it. It's not the fucking andromeda strain, but it's a problem that you can't just ignore.

It will happen as soon as the Tooth Fairy pays up what that bitch owes. Lol!

Maybe comprehension is hard. Wearing a mask to not get other people sick is simple, and common. These are easy things people can do to not make the situation worse, and do not require collapsing society. My statement is that it seems like Americans want a plague, not that I think there is a plague. Because anything short of a clear, visible, niggas dropping dead in the street doomsday plague is just "aaah aint nothin Imma do what I want" for too many people.

It’s not hard. This the biggest hoax since Global Warming. The mask thing is just good manners but there’s no way that storing Ching Chong victims in the nursing homes justified this financial Armageddon. It does, however, identify all the Darwin Awards candidates though, so not a total loss.

 

[JosephStalin]

Was thinking about something while washing the dishes this evening.

We have a total of - what? - 2,400,000 cases of the ChiCom Flu since March, I guess. Seeing more cases come up daily.

However, consider this. The number of cases doesn't equate to the number of hospitalizations. The vast majority of cases are minor and the patients never see the hospital. The number of hospitalizations doesn't equate to the number of dead. Many who are hospitalized recover and leave the hospital. If you keep this in mind when the fearmongering media starts bandying about their numbers, it's obvious that things are way overblown.

Now let's take a look at the last week of the "regular" flu I could find CDC numbers for, vice graphs and charts.

https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/burden/preliminary-in-season-estimates.htm

Okay...from 1 October 2019 to 4 April 2020, CDC estimates a minimum of 39,000,000 cases, ranging up to 56,00,000 cases of the "regular" flu. Of that number, there were anywhere from 18,000,000 to 26,000,000 medical visits. Out of all that, there were from 410,000 to 740,000 hospitalizations. And the number of dead ranges from 24,000 to 62,000.
Except for the number of dead, these numbers vastly dwarf the same numbers for the ChiCom Flu.

But the media isn't telling you this, even though they could easily do so. Info's right there on the Web.

So when you run into some shithead wringing their hands about the rise in cases, show them the CDC numbers for six months of the "regular" flu. And we didn't fuck up our economy and put entire states on house arrest to stop the spread of the "regular" flu.

This shit's all political now. Has been since the first two weeks. The truth shall set you free. So why are so many in government and the media ignoring these numbers? Simple. It's to their advantage to fuck with us. Now you have the numbers, you can be unfuckable.

 

[Honka Honka Burning Love]

Has been since the first two weeks.

It was before the WuFlu even appeared.

Billyboy Gates and his ilk planned for this literally 2 months before WuFlu became a thing.

 

[Mrs. Addams]

Is anybody else starting to wonder if something more is behind all this? I'm not usually a conspiracy theorist, but it doesn't take a 7th grader writing a sociology paper to see the old predictable pattern. Fear of Virus > Lockdown > Economic Downturn > People With No Jobs + Media Polorization > Societal Unrest > Riots > More Government Oversight > ...?

Or am I crazy?

 

[MediocreMilt]

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Well shit boys, looks like whatever country not infested with the bug is gonna have a fun time with the clown house downstairs soon...

Speaking of which, remember when this seemed to turn Iran into a hellscape right before it impacted countries we actually care about?

Was there ever any resolution to that story-arc?

 

[JosephStalin]

Speaking of which, remember when this seemed to turn Iran into a hellscape right before it impacted countries we actually care about?

Was there ever any resolution to that story-arc?

Good question. Seems like it's dropped right off the radar screen.

 

[ZMOT]

Anyone complaining about masks, that are not even a minor inconvenience, would also have to complain about pants being mandatory too... oh god damn.

I complain about masks because at this point it's pretty much a placebo. either keep your distance or use a mask, both is just stupid. and let's not count how many times people wear them wrong, touch them afterwards, simply re-use them, all of that while touching everything else and behaving like the mask gives them some celestial immunity, which makes the mask fucking pointless.

there's a time and place for masks (like when you can't keep your distance), forcing everyone to use them every time leads to people getting sloppy and not give a fuck anymore - which is gonna be great once we inevitably get hit with a virus that isn't a nothingburger like the chinese coof.

Is anybody else starting to wonder if something more is behind all this? I'm not usually a conspiracy theorist, but it doesn't take a 7th grader writing a sociology paper to see the old predictable pattern. Fear of Virus > Lockdown > Economic Downturn > People With No Jobs + Media Polorization > Societal Unrest > Riots > More Government Oversight > ...?

Or am I crazy?

don't think anyone's "behind it", like an evil mastermind. more like taking advantage of the situation and circumstances leading into each other (lockdown leading to people going off the rails with riots).

 

[Honka Honka Burning Love]

Anyone complaining about masks, that are not even a minor inconvenience, would also have to complain about pants being mandatory too... oh god damn.

As someone who has to work 8 hours in a mask, it gets really rough to do work in them. I worked a double shift the other week at my store the other week..had to wear a mask the entire time during the second half of the shift because the store was actually open and after about having on one for an hour straight without being able to take a few seconds to pull it off and breathe it started to not feel great.

The folks who have to work in the Garden Area..and wear those masks I feel real pity for because I was in the very least near one of the AC units.

 

[Quijibo69]

As someone who has to work 8 hours in a mask, it gets really rough to do work in them. I worked a double shift the other week at my store the other week..had to wear a mask the entire time during the second half of the shift because the store was actually open and after about having on one for an hour straight without being able to take a few seconds to pull it off and breathe it started to not feel great.

The folks who have to work in the Garden Area..and wear those masks I feel real pity for because I was in the very least near one of the AC units.

I work 4 10 hour shifts mon to thurs and 1 or 2 8 hour shifts at the end of the week. I have to wear googles to do my job and it fogs them up at times. They also makes my face greasy. I'm glad I have a sitting job.

 

[Honka Honka Burning Love]

I work 4 10 hour shifts mon to thurs and 1 or 2 8 hour shifts at the end of the week. I have to wear googles to do my job and it fogs them up at times. They also makes my face greasy. I'm glad I have a sitting job.

Now imagine that..on your mouth.

 

[GhostButt]

Why the fucking fuck do we have to fund this pandering tripe?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIoD5q3LmHo

 

[DubbleBubble]

I complain about masks because at this point it's pretty much a placebo. either keep your distance or use a mask, both is just stupid. and let's not count how many times people wear them wrong, touch them afterwards, simply re-use them, all of that while touching everything else and behaving like the mask gives them some celestial immunity, which makes the mask fucking pointless.

there's a time and place for masks (like when you can't keep your distance), forcing everyone to use them every time leads to people getting sloppy and not give a fuck anymore - which is gonna be great once we inevitably get hit with a virus that isn't a nothingburger like the chinese coof.

The point of a mouth covering is to keep you from spreading on other people, not to protect yourself. That's why it's only shown to be effective in countries where the citizens are educated and responsible about why and how to take precautions. I mean really the only problem I see being highlighted here, is an American public education system failure... So I do see why your media and government assume you're stupid, and just wave their hands around shouting "VIRUS BAD! MASK GO ON. STAY HOME!"