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To: RetiredNow who wrote (1229106)	5/11/2020 12:17:10 PM
From: Wharf Rat	1 Recommendation Recommended By pocotrader Respond to of 1574711

"We have an estimated 20-30% infection rate already, based on samples taken" MLB coronavirus-antibody survey finds just 0.7% testing positive marketwatch.com 17 hours ago - Just 0.7% of Major League Baseball employees tested positive for antibodies to COVID-19, the illness caused by the new coronavirus. Researchers received 6,237 completed surveys from employees of 26 clubs. That led to 5,754 samples obtained in the U.S. on April 14 and 15 and 5,603 records that were used. The survey kit had a 0.5% false positive rate.

To: RetiredNow who wrote (1229106)	5/11/2020 12:19:57 PM
From: Wharf Rat	3 Recommendations Recommended By Brumar89 pocotrader rdkflorida2 Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574711

"it so happens, that I'm within my Constitutional rights not to be incarcerated in my home. " No, you're not. The law is clear: the government has broad power in a public health emergency to take the steps needed to stop the spread of a communicable disease. In 1905, the Supreme Court declared: “Upon the principle of self-defense, of paramount necessity, a community has the right to protect itself against an epidemic of disease which threatens the safety of its members.” Message 32692127

To: RetiredNow who wrote (1229106)	5/11/2020 1:25:48 PM
From: Brumar89	1 Recommendation Recommended By rdkflorida2 Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574711

Your studies are a bunch of crap imo. You're choosing your "studies" based on your deluded sense of your superiority and assumed immunity. I hope you don't learn differently the hard way. Ditto for your parents. However, I'm a healthy adult. I don't need nor want a safe space. And it so happens, that I'm within my Constitutional rights not to be incarcerated in my home. I will continue to wear a mask and practice social distancing, but no government has the right to force me to be unemployed or to visit my friends and family.

To: RetiredNow who wrote (1229106)	5/12/2020 3:39:40 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574711

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