patrick.net

EBGuy says

Not saying they're right, but they certainly have an interesting take as evolutionary biologists.

Yes, thanks for the video. Haven't had time to finish it yet, but I like another point they make which is that it doesn't have to be a choice for staying totally locked down versus totally opening up.

Just becasue the mainstream seems to be behind a view doesn't make it wrong any more than Trumps gut is always wrong.

marcus says

I like another point they make which is that it doesn't have to be a choice for staying totally locked down versus totally opening up

Sure. We can open up schools and have half the kids come in on Monday and Wednesday and the other half can go on Tuesday and Thursday. And they gotta wear masks. The rest of the time they can learn online.

Some people think this scheme is practical.

Onvacation says

marcus says

I like another point they make which is that it doesn't have to be a choice for staying totally locked down versus totally opening up

Sure. We can open up schools and have half the kids come in on Monday and Wednesday and the other half can go on Tuesday and Thursday. And they gotta wear masks. The rest of the time they can learn online.

Some people think this scheme is practical.

Or they just go to school. Statistically speaking teachers and students are at no risk of death and most won't even get sick with symptoms. This online shit ain't gonna work long term unless you have one stay at home parent in the household to manage it. In communities that are less well off, the results are going to be exponentially worse than they already are. Crime will spike. It will be a disaster. Truancy was already a huge issue in bad areas and now a family without a computer (for the kids) is going to work online from home? Hell's no.

We really need to just open back up. Unfortunately we're basically at summer break now in many districts. I predict Chicago will be a blood bath this summer, even with our phased opening.

ThreeBays says

joshuatrio says

Here we are just over a week later. And the results are fantastic.

Still waiting on that second wave....

And here it is.

LOL! A bump of an extra 100 cases per day for a week then drops like a CLIFF is a second wave?

That's likely due to additional testing, which Georgia went from being one of the worst states to 20th in the nation (what I heard on the radio).

ThreeBays says

Simple weighting based on recent lag shows Georgia could already have more daily cases than it's prior peak.

Deaths are all that matters. An increasing metric due to increased testing has no bearing on anything until this is all over to get a better idea of infection to death rate. Especially considering a large minority is asymptomatic. Deaths are clearly plummeting. It's also more accurate as the people that die generally have been tested prior to dying. So the 14 day "grace" period is not as inaccurate as cases.

This will bounce down into regular flu status even without a vaccine. This is a flash in the pan. We're all not going to die.

Narrative and second wave shot. JOKE.

ThreeBays says

Data in the last couple of weeks is still being filled in. Simple weighting based on recent lag shows Georgia could already have more daily cases than it's prior peak.

If this is just due to more testing that would be good news.

And with all that extra testing and thousands of people rioting, there goes your crisis.

ThreeBays says

joshuatrio says

LOL! A bump of an extra 100 cases per day for a week then drops like a CLIFF is a second wave?

Data in the last couple of weeks is still being filled in. Simple weighting based on recent lag shows Georgia could already have more daily cases than it's prior peak.

If this is just due to more testing that would be good news.

All I'm hearing is crickets.

joshuatrio says

And with all that extra testing and thousands of people rioting, there goes your crisis.

Trump blocking in two acts: Covid timing was too soon, didn't ultimately wreck the stock market, and riots inconveniently overlapped without enough breathing space.

So, what will the third and fourth acts be before the elections? Are the Deep State crisis planners locked and loaded already, or are they just improvising now? Will they just have to resort to splattering Trump like they did Kennedy? Do they have a stable of psyops brainwashed patsys in reserve? Will a coup work? Curious minds would like to know.

Oh, I don't know, maybe they'll just go with an election.

Oh, I don't know, maybe they'll just go with an election.

Is that what happened last time? With the phony Steele Dossier and parade of lies trying to undo the election?

marcus says

Oh, I don't know, maybe they'll just go with an election.

Don't worry your pretty head about it.

Ceffer says

Trump blocking in two acts: Covid timing was too soon, didn't ultimately wreck the stock market, and riots inconveniently overlapped without enough breathing space.

Nailed it. Just delaying a few months would have sealed given the left a better chance and these riots have completely backfired.

All the rioters are free loaders. Everyone else wants to go back to work. People see the difference.

Hmm, my poor people raping rents just rose 100K above pre-Covid. Guess it's Obama's market victory again.

I think the virus is going to self destruct and go away on it's own soon or at least become nearly harmless. RNA genomes are much less stable than DNA genomes. Researchers are finding samples with a chunk of it's genome missing (deletion) that is similar to a deletion that occurred in SARS before that one burned out. (Also happened to MERS):

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/scientists-discover-unique-mutation-of-new-coronavirus#Next-generation-sequencing

That's in AZ but apparently it's starting to burn out in Italy now too:

https://www.foxnews.com/health/coronavirus-in-italy-clinically-no-longer-exists-doctor-says

I saw a video of one of the doctors making this claim and he mentioned the deletion too.