Because it isn’t that deadly? If we were talking about a 10% or even 5%

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Mar 19, 2020
9:07:43am

byuguns55 Truly Addicted User

Mortality rate, I’d be locking my family up in the house for 60 straight days...but it’s not that deadly.

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I hate the economic damage this is causing. But ...

Mrs Featerbottom

3/19/20 3:22am

It seems like everyone should go on this regimen

OU Cougar

3/19/20 3:31am

Because many don’t believe that things are catastrophic. I think there’s

SouthernBlueBlood

3/19/20 4:17am

Probably because that doubling hasn't played out for very long in most locations

Colorado

3/19/20 4:28am

Because they made everyone isolate

Mrs Featerbottom

3/19/20 6:49am

Sure, isolation helps but it doesn't tell the whole story.

Colorado

3/19/20 7:03am

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DaCougEye

3/19/20 8:50am

That's possible, hopeful and optimistic. But don't bet your mom's life on it.

libertycoug

3/19/20 8:51am

I'm an Italian mom under coronavirus lockdown. Here's what I wish I had done

So it goes...

3/19/20 5:12am

Because epidemics aren't like investing. 60K infected in Wuhan w/ a population

The Old Y

3/19/20 6:13am

Yes, sort of. But, Italy has not leveled off and will surpass China today.

Cougarbib

3/19/20 8:57am

Again, it has leveled off because of huge interventions

Mrs Featerbottom

3/19/20 9:03am

I love the Kevin Bacon game too, but people interactions are not like money.

The Old Y

3/19/20 9:58am

Yes, sort of. But, this penny is doubling every 4 days, not

Cougarbib

3/19/20 8:53am

The point remains in that small numbers can be deceiving

Mrs Featerbottom

3/19/20 9:06am

It has exponential growth. Already happening. No

Cougarbib

3/19/20 9:11am

Because it isn’t that deadly? If we were talking about a 10% or even 5%

byuguns55

3/19/20 9:07am

Imagine a very contagious strain of Ebola with 35% mortality rates. Terrifying

CT98

3/19/20 10:43am

Is that what its mortality rate is or was?

byuguns55

3/19/20 1:50pm

The rate was different in each country but it was around 35% for most in 2014

CT98

3/19/20 11:44pm

Look up “logistic growth”

puntersarepeople

3/19/20 9:30am

Hmmm...

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