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Covfefe-19 The 12th Part: The Only Thing Worse Than This New Board Is TrumpVirus2020

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French Rage said:
Hey, he's from the Hoover Institute. He was not a student or faculty member at Stanford.
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Handyman said:
https://twitter.com/thehill/status/1327283343583490049



My heart does not in any way bleed for them...

And just for SJHovey:

I wonder if some clown from Stanford will use this to prove COVID is nothing and will go away rather quickly. ;^)
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While I agree with others who posted that going on a cruise right now seems like a bad choice, I'm not sure the Stanford guy said this would go away quickly. Wasn't it his theory (at least associated with the cruise line) that the closed environment of the cruise ship gave a pretty accurate assessment of how this disease reacted in a similar situation. That is, that somewhere around 20% or so might get infected, and a relatively small number (maybe less than 5%?) would die, or some such thing? Basically, it's not as lethal as being portrayed by the reaction? I'd have to go Google for the article again, but that is what I recalled.
 
That was part of it...but then he used that to show that it would likely flame out and not be nearly as lethal as believed. (as an argument against lockdowns too) I am pretty sure none of his assertions were proven correct including the BS prediction he made about China which is how he made his name anyways.

It doesnt matter I was making a joke ;^)
 
Handyman said:
That was part of it...but then he used that to show that it would likely flame out and not be nearly as lethal as believed. (as an argument against lockdowns too) I am pretty sure none of his assertions were proven correct including the BS prediction he made about China which is how he made his name anyways.

It doesnt matter I was making a joke ;^)
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Yeah, I wasn't upset at you or thinking you were picking on me. I actually hadn't thought about that guy or his theory until you posted the link to the cruise story.

I'd kind of like to know more about that cruise. They must have offered people a heck of a deal to get them to get on board.
 
My gf's parents were supposed to go on a cruise in Australia this summer. Obviously they didnt. The company offered them a refund OR a massive credit to be used once the cruise line was back up and running. They are both former international bankers so they took the money and cancelled the cruise. If I had to guess the people on these cruises took a nice deal and as soon as the cruise line opened up they bought at an better price with more credit to use later.

Delta tried doing that early on in the Pandemic as well. It is a nice easy way to keep money on the balance sheet.
 
SJHovey said:
While I agree with others who posted that going on a cruise right now seems like a bad choice, I'm not sure the Stanford guy said this would go away quickly. Wasn't it his theory (at least associated with the cruise line) that the closed environment of the cruise ship gave a pretty accurate assessment of how this disease reacted in a similar situation. That is, that somewhere around 20% or so might get infected, and a relatively small number (maybe less than 5%?) would die, or some such thing? Basically, it's not as lethal as being portrayed by the reaction? I'd have to go Google for the article again, but that is what I recalled.
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5% mortality rate isn't lethal?
 
I was wrong...we might still pass 250k today. Texas boosted the number with 200 dead. Michigan's 123 with the solid silver medal.

175K cases so far reported and 1300 dead.
 
alfablue said:
So some updates-

There are now 5 cases on the ship. All from the same party.

And my speculation seems pretty close- the original person was tested 72 hours prior to boarding. And then had symptoms quickly- well within the margin of time of incubation between the test and getting sick. Boarding was Saturday (so testing was Wed?) and the first positive test was Tuesday.
So the procedure should be just like pro sports- quick and immediate before boarding. Otherwise, given the required travel to cruise, you are playing with fire.

edit- now 7. And apparently if you have tested negative, you can fly home tomorrow. hmm... given that masks were not required until someone actually tested positive after showing symptoms, I'm not sure about that.

edit 2- reading through some more of a thread on cruise critic- it's quite safe to say that many of the passengers are selfish and stupid. They protested the fact that the ship required them to wear masks after an outbreak happened- as if they could get away with not wearing one. And the ship is letting people outside at specific times to prevent people from gathering- naturally, the few people outside are gathering w/o masks.

Wow, these people are both dumb and in denial- given they flew in the middle of a major uptick in cases.
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False negatives are still like 67% on swabs as late as 3 days after infection. Which is only two days prior to symptoms on average.

Theres a reason they say wait 5 days after exposure.
 
These governors imploring everyone to ‘take it seriously’ while leaving schools, restaurants, and gyms open are complete ******* morons.
 
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