Originally Posted by
DenverBrian
Maybe you'll be one of the lucky ones. And if you do go positive and start shedding virus, hey, too bad for every person you come in contact with in four days across the country.
Exactly. I have been trapped in my apartment in Chicago for six weeks, and it looks like at least six more, and I would love to just go for a drive to Kenosha or something, but it ain't happening.
This crisis has divided us into a cohort that understands it lives in a community, with responsibilities thereto, and one that places personal agenda first under the banner of legally guaranteed freedom and liberty. Please choose wisely.
Originally Posted by
Mwenenzi
If you want see how bad USA is doing with COVID-19 compared to the rest of the world...
UK 255 deaths per million
USA 136 deaths per million
Canada 48.6 deaths per million
Australia 2.9 deaths million
Seen several reports that deaths in USA are under reported.
Does the OP want to be part of that?
The reason the US is striking out here compared to countries like South Korea, Germany, Australia is the disintegration of the social compact. I have a constitutionally guaranteed right to cough in your face.
Originally Posted by
pgh234
The curve has not only been flattened, but it has been obliterated.
That is a dispatch from some parallel universe where the death toll isn't rising by thousands daily and where politically motivated relaxation of the rules isn't about to cause fresh eruptions and deaths.
Originally Posted by pgh234
Go on that trip... In the rare instance that you need it, the healthcare system has the ability to help you.
I'm not sure why the heathcare system should allocate resources to people who actually go out and court COVID-19 as a gesture of defiance.