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originally posted by: Alien Abduct
You can say the response to covid-19 is an overreaction....bit then you'd be arguing with the experts at all of the biggest and most respected medical institutions around the world.
Who are we to believe hmmmmm. I think I'll go with the experts.
originally posted by: Isurrender73
a reply to: Phage
We have no idea how much mitigation changed the curve.
Were the lines of people crammed into grocery stores flattening the curve? Were the minimum wage workers that continued to make food and serve customers who were hiding there illness because they couldn’t afford to lose a paycheck flattening the curve.
I have first hand knowledge of both of these things.
So if we are only allowed to present facts, please present me with the factual data on how many lives were saved from mitigation?
But without a cure, proven treatment or a vaccine it is likely that if we return to normalcy the people who avoided it this round will get in subsequent months.
originally posted by: Isurrender73
a reply to: opethPA
You can read the reply directly above this.
originally posted by: opethPA
originally posted by: Isurrender73
a reply to: opethPA
You can read the reply directly above this.
2 million people is less than .5% of the worlds population and your statement was "You do realize some experts said we are all going to die."
That is neither hyperbole or anything else, it's just wrong.
I did read the rest of your post and you have your mind set, so nothing anyone says is going to change it. More power to you and make sure you pull that tin foil down a bit tighter.
originally posted by: Isurrender73
But without a cure, proven treatment or a vaccine it is likely that if we return to normalcy the people who avoided it this round will get in subsequent months. Unless we are lucky that it doesn’t survive well in summer and we have a vaccine, proven cure or treatment by next season.
So it is really impossible to know how much mitigation helps in both the short term or long term.