I could let them go but I can afford to pay them.You’re a good man, Fred.
I hope they are loyal to me in the long term but I'm doing it because I want to do it. Originally Posted by friendly fred
Again, I will leave it up to the "experts" who are making informed decisions. If they determine that the time is right to restart the country, I will abide by their decision. If they see more of a downside than upside to restarting the country, and push out that date to whatever they deem appropriate, I will abide by their decision. Like anyone else, I want to see things back to "normal" as soon as possible. As Trump said again today, the priority is protecting as many lives as possible. Originally Posted by SpeedRacerXXX
It's the deaths. Since the virus doesn't seem to have serious and permanent after effects from a 50K ft view only the deaths matter. Again, this isn't polio.Here is the latest map. Slide the bar from right to left to see the progress of the disease:
Stop panicking.
BTW, he may have to pay them depending on among other factors: labor agreements and employment agreements. Originally Posted by gnadfly
The tricky part, the part that Trump is wrestling with now is, do we have to wait till the last person has died? Must we go a week with no deaths in America before people can go back to work? Of course not. So what if we are down to a mere hundred people a week dying and it is confined to a couple of major cities? Do we take the chance and open up and what if in opening up we see the numbers start to spike again?I am very happy that I am not in Trump's shoes having to make the decision.
This will be a damn tough decision but I say there is an acceptable number of deaths whether everybody likes to admit that or not.
The "not one death is acceptable" crowd can suck it. Originally Posted by HedonistForever
From the article:
Countries that have tested widely for the virus, isolated cases and quarantined suspected cases — in the way that South Korea and Singapore have done — have managed to suppress transmission of the virus.
Hong Kong and Singapore have followed similar paths in responding to this outbreak.
They've used testing aggressively to identify cases — not only testing people who are so sick that they're hospitalized but also mild cases and even suspected cases. They've quarantined tens of thousands of people who may have been exposed to confirmed cases.
The vast majority of the people ordered to quarantine at home are perfectly healthy and never do get sick, but the few who do develop symptoms can be quickly isolated further. Tedros of the WHO refers to this as cutting off the virus at the bud — basically stopping the virus from spreading further and preventing community transmission.
Japan hasn't been testing nearly as widely as South Korea, but it appears to have fended off significant community transmission by quickly investigating any flare-ups of cases, identifying who exactly is infected and then monitoring their contacts.
In other words, they reacted early and did things right. Europe and the USA didn't. Wearing masks, which they do and we don't, probably helped a lot too. Originally Posted by Tiny
SR- And, China is positioning itself to take advantage of the economic collapse we are inflicting on ourselves - as is Putin. Originally Posted by oeb11How so?...specifically China.
Here is the latest map. Slide the bar from right to left to see the progress of the disease:Piss ants and faggots aren't good with statistics....these are snapshots based upon incomplete data...
https://nypost.com/2020/03/27/maps-o...ead-across-us/
Texas now has over 1000 cases. Louisiana has over 2700.
How is that curve-flattening coming along? Originally Posted by Kinkster90210
Here is the latest map. Slide the bar from right to left to see the progress of the disease:We only had four people in Texas die in the last 24 hours that have been attributed to coronavirus - so at the moment, the flattening is working though we still need more data.
https://nypost.com/2020/03/27/maps-o...ead-across-us/
Texas now has over 1000 cases. Louisiana has over 2700.
How is that curve-flattening coming along? Originally Posted by Kinkster90210