Stories like this is what really makes me curious on the real number of cases out there.
Antarctic Cruise - 60% of Passengers Positive for COVID19
Antarctic Cruise - 60% of Passengers Positive for COVID19
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This is why I don’t do cruises. Always have heard accounts of someone getting sick in the boat then half or more get the bug. These stories happen yearly for years...Stories like this is what really makes me curious on the real number of cases out there.
Antarctic Cruise - 60% of Passengers Positive for COVID19
Yeah, with 128 positive cases, 6 symptomatic and being air lifted off and the remaining 122 being asymptomatic and afebrile ... Rather oddStories like this is what really makes me curious on the real number of cases out there.
Antarctic Cruise - 60% of Passengers Positive for COVID19
Someone smarter than me help me figure this out. I've seen in the media that the quoted mortality rate for COVID ranges from about 1.5% to 4.0% depending on the source. I noticed as of this evening there have been a little over 430,000 cases in the U.S. Out of those ~430,000, 37,092 have been resolved. Of the 37,092 that have been resolved... 22,356 have recovered and 14,736 have died. That is a 40% mortality rate for the resolved cases. 393,118 are still ongoing and unresolved. This is far greater than the 1.5-4.0% mortality rate that is constantly being tossed about. What am I missing here?
@Jacob...you were asking about golf courses. Ol Colony is opening back up apparently.
Did they space the tee times farther apart so there aren’t multiple people congregating at tee boxes?Yeah in the SAH order golf courses were allowed to stay open. I’m playing tomorrow actually. My course has done a lot to mitigate things: you can’t rake the bunkers, there’s a foam donut in the holes to keep the ball from going in, they aren’t allowing people to group up and settle bets after rounds, etc. I also think they are only allowing one person per cart.
It’s all a bit different, but if done safely it is one of the few good ways to still socialize and distance at the same time.
Did they space the tee times farther apart so there aren’t multiple people congregating at tee boxes?
I would anticipate the most likely place for social distancing violations would be at the turn.Nope, tee times are still every 10 minutes. I haven't played since the end of February, before all of this started taking place. Looking at the tee sheet for tomorrow, the first available time is...5PM, so I'll be curious to see how well people follow the rules.
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I would anticipate the most likely place for social distancing violations would be at the turn.
I think this is a fair point. Holy cow.
I think we can be concerned over the virus and think its serious, but also reject the government overreach. It's almost making me wonder if they're doing this to see how far they can push us. And boy, are they getting pretty far....And I reject the idea being pushed that we need to have “papers” to be allowed to do things. Media is bringing up the question. Same people that freak over the idea of “voter ID” being a violation of rights...
I think we can be concerned over the virus and think its serious, but also reject the government overreach. It's almost making me wonder if they're doing this to see how far they can push us. And boy, are they getting pretty far....
If it's between 100K more deaths and avoiding a depression, or staying in lockdown for 3+ months and creating global economic depression, then i'd rather have the former. Especially since the 100K deaths would be a wash compared to the well studied effects of a depression on a population (suicide, crime, education, etc).
The death rate is estimated at 0.37% by Germany, with individuals below 40 having a death rate sub 0.08% based on other statistics in high testing countries (Korea). The individuals at risk are elderly with no immune systems. The proliferation of it's spread also means herd immunity is an eventual result, likely before a vaccine can ever be mass produced and distributed. So you're looking at 3+ years of continual lockdowns with unsustainable economic conditions or just getting it over with now and loosening restrictions to where the curve isn't terrible but the economy also doesn't flatline.
We're at negative interest rates on bonds, burgeoning national debt across the globe, and essentially staring hyper stagflation (recession and inflation) in the face. In the past month we've printed 5X as much USD as the money in the wallets of the bottom 50% of the population. Unions in Italy are already warning that they're on the brink of collapse in terms of supporting their workers. The dams going to give sooner than later here.