Originally Posted by Toril
British folks: what do you think of your government's choice? Do you think it's a fair one? Would you actually prefer a whole shutdown? Just wanted to hear your opinions
Yeah let's merge Brexit threads with this one and make it more interesting.
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Originally Posted by Toril
British folks: what do you think of your government's choice? Do you think it's a fair one? Would you actually prefer a whole shutdown? Just wanted to hear your opinions
Yes, I would prefer a whole shutdown. I personally think that a total shutdown is inevitable at some point (the growth has always been and is still exponential with an average of 31% increase per day, which means it doubles every 2.6 days, gets 10x worse every 8.5 days, 100x worse every 17 days etc) and I don't see the point in putting it off. China, Japan and South Korea had great success with it. I understand that culturally it would be far harder to enforce a total shutdown in western countries, but I think we are approaching desperate times. It seems the government is waiting until the situation has got sufficiently bad that the population is willing to isolate themselves voluntarily.
I'm considering not going into work tomorrow. I am a teacher and I had a look on our system today - turns out most of the children of doctors in the school have been pulled out. Lots of the other children who've been pulled are kids of scientists. I don't really trust the government's judgement on any of this, they didn't get where they are by studying science.
one time i had a hair deep in my urethra and when i pulled it out it felt kinda good ~fudgiebalz 2020
<~Skul> they're not children, they're demon midgets
<~Skul> if you kill one in front of the rest, they'll scatter and leave
Originally Posted by Moop
Yes, I would prefer a whole shutdown. I personally think that a total shutdown is inevitable at some point (the growth has always been and is still exponential with an average of 31% increase per day, which means it doubles every 2.6 days, gets 10x worse every 8.5 days, 100x worse every 17 days etc) and I don't see the point in putting it off. China, Japan and South Korea had great success with it. I understand that culturally it would be far harder to enforce a total shutdown in western countries, but I think we are approaching desperate times. It seems the government is waiting until the situation has got sufficiently bad that the population is willing to isolate themselves voluntarily.
I'm considering not going into work tomorrow. I am a teacher and I had a look on our system today - turns out most of the children of doctors in the school have been pulled out. Lots of the other children who've been pulled are kids of scientists. I don't really trust the government's judgement on any of this, they didn't get where they are by studying science.
Boris Johnson's speech about "losing the loved ones" seems so absurd right now. I cannot understand how, still having dramatic examples like China and Italy (together more than 100k cases), it is possible to say those things. Even young people (my self included) didn't realize that, even if you don't die for it, it might hurt your lungs permanently. The world right now is facing the consequences of not being prepared at all for such kind of events.
Dr Michael Osterholm (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Osterholm) said that, at this point, it is like trying to stop the wind from blowing and looking at this site, is somehow a confirmation of what he says https://www.flightradar24.com/
Originally Posted by Toril
Dr Michael Osterholm (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Osterholm) said that, at this point, it is like trying to stop the wind from blowing and looking at this site, is somehow a confirmation of what he says https://www.flightradar24.com/
It was a good podcast eh? ;)
one time i had a hair deep in my urethra and when i pulled it out it felt kinda good ~fudgiebalz 2020
<~Skul> they're not children, they're demon midgets
<~Skul> if you kill one in front of the rest, they'll scatter and leave
