At what point did you / will you take the coronavirus epidemic seriously?

[old_gregg]

Is this your field? I didn't know you were an epidemiologist.

listen if someone needs a term paper on catcher in the rye, we'll let you know

[SeattleUte]

listen if someone needs a term paper on catcher in the rye, we'll let you know

Stop trying to be funny. You're no Larry David.

[Northwestcoug]

Is this your field? I didn't know you were an epidemiologist.

I used to want to be an epidemiologist. I even read the Hot Zone and 3/4th of the Coming Plague (long slog, that one)!

Can I still comment on this thread?

[wuapinmon]

And guns and ammo. Please tell me you have enough guns and ammo.

Don't you work for the government? Like I'd tell you.

[myboynoah]

I read this. I’m glad they’re still hopeful that they can prevent such high volume of deaths.

We were talking about Iceland. Apparently you know more than what the epidemiologists have to say about Iceland.

I'm sure I know as much or even more about it than this guy did a week ago.

Jason Gale
Senior Editor

[myboynoah]

Don't you work for the government? Like I'd tell you.

[old_gregg]

Stop trying to be funny. You're no Larry David.

nobody was trying to be funny. if you don’t understand why iceland does not provide a helpful example for whatever point it is you’re trying to make here (that’s not “this is a hard problem that people should think about”), you should probably avoid questioning others’ qualifications.

[myboynoah]

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[SeattleUte]

nobody was trying to be funny. if you don’t understand why iceland does not provide a helpful example for whatever point it is you’re trying to make here (that’s not “this is a hard problem that people should think about”), you should probably avoid questioning others’ qualifications.

I was quoting experts. Do you read?

I remember you said this wouldn't hurt the economy because it would only affect hot dog vendors.

[Jeff Lebowski]

Stop trying to be funny. You're no Larry David.

I laughed.

[swampfrog]

Lessons from China?

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[old_gregg]

I was quoting experts. Do you read?

I remember you said this wouldn't hurt the economy because it would only affect hot dog vendors.

yes, i read the week old bloomberg summary of a summary of old data of a genetically and culturally homogeneous island nation. by the way, that expert article concludes that transmission by asymptomatic carriers would be extremely alarming.

[SeattleUte]

yes, i read the week old bloomberg summary of a summary of old data of a genetically and culturally homogeneous island nation. by the way, that expert article concludes that transmission by asymptomatic carriers would be extremely alarming.

That's always been true.

[swampfrog]

Trying to make sense of the data.

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/l...243-7/fulltext

From an extensive analysis of data from different regions of the world, our best estimate at the current time for the case fatality ratio of COVID-19 in China is 1·38% (95% CrI 1·23–1·53). Although this value remains lower than estimates for other coronaviruses, including SARS24 and Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS), 25 it is substantially higher than estimates from the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic.26, 27

Still need better data.

[Bo Diddley]

Holy crap! So many of you have been sick this year. Let me ask if you typically get sick sometime over the winter. Seems like I get sick every 2-3 years sometime in the winter. I wouldn't be surprised to learn there's another virus that mimics the symptoms of this coronavirus. Perhaps a particular flu strain?