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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: RetiredNow who wrote (1229106)5/12/2020 3:39:40 PM
From: Tenchusatsu  Read Replies (1) of 1574854
 
Mindmeld,
However, those 20% are almost all people who are old, or have heart or lung disease.
Not true. I just read the story of family of 10 who all contracted the coronavirus. This was in Azusa, CA, just east of Pasadena in southern California.

The father, who was the patriarch and the main provider for the huge family, was just 47. He died. Before that, he was healthy enough to work several jobs, including as a truck driver.

The truth is that we don't know to what extent the coronavirus affects people who aren't old or already have heart or lung disease.

Should this father and family patriarch have stayed at home indefinitely? Maybe he just got unlucky? We really don't know.

Yes, after a certain point we're gonna have to accept the inevitability of the coronavirus. That's why the lockdowns can't continue forever, even though all of the Social Distance Warriors would rather stay home and either continue working from home or collecting unemployment benefits.

Hopefully by now we can mitigate the risk, ensure that there is enough hospital beds for those who need them, and do whatever we can to slow the spread.

But to pretend that the coronavirus isn't a BFD is just wrong.

Tenchusatsu
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