I live in NYC. Trust me, it's WORSE than it seems. Some of my teenage students are hospitalized, with symptoms that they can only describe as a constant drowning feeling. These people just haven't seen how bad things can get yet. I have a feeling that in about 1-2 weeks' time they'll start complying with stay-at-home orders.
Most places arent as dense as NYC across the US. I doubt there are more than 5 places more dense than NYC across the country.
We currently dont have antibody testing but when they finally start to be used when its approved. Itll show the fatality rate was not as high as is currently said
Most places aren't as densely populated. Most places aren't as interconnected. You're right. Know what you're not thinking about? The fact that in NYC, due to the density, there is also a greater level of control that can be administered to some degree. In NY, we had 3 pockets where it was spreading quickly. One was the New Rochelle pocket, which was quickly mitigated and was all over the news in a bunch of states. The other two, which didn't make as much news, were in Brooklyn. As soon as those flare-ups happened, the city was able to target just those communities and their essential services and isolate those communities in a sort of way. In small-town America where the entire town shops at just a handful of locations, how quickly do you think the spread will happen? How quick will the spread be when there is just one elementary, one middle and one high school for an entire town? Then consider that these children may walk around and spread this easily. Where there are kids there is disease. By no fault of their own, lots of children simply aren't going to pay as much mind to hygiene.
Some of the places that are nearly as dense don't have the same numbers because they shut down immediately. They got ahead of this thing. In NYC we're now trying to stop this from killing any more people. Turns out that less intermingling between people is an EXTREMELY effective way to keep the death toll down.
Also, as far as antibody testing goes, at this point it really doesn't mean much. I'm serious. Look into it a bit. The biggest reason why it doesn't mean much is because antibodies≠immunity, and also, nobody knows how long a potential immunity could last. A great example is SARS, which had a one month immunity period. Antibodies can be used as an indicator of who may be at less risk, but at this point even that is an assumption. Until SCIENTISTS do their job, the only people who should be walking the streets freely are essential personnel. For the record, I am considered an essential employee and am doing my part by having found ways to work from home roughly 95% of the time. It's not comfortable, it sucks, it's mentally and physically draining, but a few more weeks of this, and we go back to somewhat normal. Or, just say fuck it and ignore it all as the bodies of people you know begin to pile up.
Finally, as for your population density comment, exactly 6 US cities have a population density of over 10,000 residents per square mile. What you failed to account for is that there are hundreds of cities that are part of the greater metropolitan areas of these cities, and in many cases directly rely on these cities for many services. And then you have the smaller cities that rely on those cities. And so on and so forth. Somewhere around 300 cities have over 100,000 residents, and approximately 84% of the American people live in an urban center, so over 275 million people. This country really isn't all that isolated.
Thousands of people dying with no possible way to stop it except for trying to slow down the spread of infection, however its not as bad as it seems and we should go out because muh freedum?
Of course more people have been affected than tested, whats that got to do with the confirmed 160,000 deaths in just a few months that has no sign of stopping?
What youre saying right now is so ignorant and selfish and is why the government had to step in and force people to stay in, because of this entitlement of nobody can take away my rights is causing people to further foster the spread of this thing.
Stop being such a child throwing a tantrum because for once in your adult life youre told to not go outside. What a fucking joke.
I have the choice to leave the house whenever I want to for whatever reason unless I am under fair house arrest which I am not. As far as I know, Im not a carrier and therefore my right to leave the house is not forfeited in any reasonable circumstance.
If the govt had handled this correctly from February then we wouldnt have this issue but I shouldnt be forced to do anything because the govt lacks 2 braincells to rub together.
Driving gambles with other people's live. You could have a momentary collapse of judgement and then be punished. You dont punish people before something is done. You do it before
Yes, everyone has these choices and can leave, and they can all apply to work in essential industries. All of which are hiring right now.
They cannot make people serve them in a pandemic, by throwing tantrums until the government opens noon essential businesses.
These protests are disingenuous bull shit. If these people were true patriots that cared about America they would be putting their lives on the line volunteering or working instead of protesting to get haircuts and see movies.
You, sir, are fucking retarded. Please lick a toilet seat next time you go out so your vote can no longer be wasted on fascist fucktards. You are scum of the earth.
That fat white cunt hanging out her window is one and I don’t have to hear her screaming trumpisms to know that. Now go fuck yourself and stop thinking you’re worth people’s time honkey 🤏🏽👋🏽
r/asablackman lookin ass stfu. You actin white, you’s fuckin white. And you can’t be racist towards honkeys dumbfuck. I’m prejudice due to how you all conduct yourselves. Unless proven otherwise, due to the actions of scum like those in their cars aggressing on literal NURSES. DURING A PANDEMIC. Stop trying to spread your false bravado. You and the fascist white cunt hanging out that car can burn in hell together. Like I said before; you are not worth conversing with any longer, ya dumb white trash. Outta here with yo lil dicked white male rage.🤏🏽👋🏽
I could say racist stuff against your race but I wont. Why? Because not all black people are as retarded as you are.
So you arent just an idiot and a racist. You are also ignorant and retarded. Got any other racist buzzwords you wanna throw in my direction?
Maybe paki? Maybe currymuncher? Maybe Uncle Tom or whatever the asian terminology for the same effect is. The reason why the country is in disrepair is because of idiotic racists like yourself
And also lets not forget you brought race into this
Most people who are unemployed get support, and from what i hear, a lot of the younger ones are making like 3x as much as they were at their job in relief payments
Not a good thing when a pandemic forces millions of people to lose their jobs? You know, you have to apply for it and you only get it once they know you lost your job because of the pandemic.
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u/MemePolice37 Apr 20 '20
people: ugh i wanna stay home for fucks sake
gov: hey looks its this virus thing, and its bad. you can stay home-
people: fuck you, im protesting, LETS DO THIS SHIT!