Fake web news reports on the coronavirus (OT)

BillyBob@388 said...
.......But, the main reason for "sheltering" is to lower demand on the hospitals, because, once we finally come out of our caves, the virus is still there waiting to infect every one who is not immune, right?......

While I agree that darn virus, or some mutated form of it will be out there waiting for everyone, the 'main reason' many are sheltering IMO, is to squeeze a little more life out of whatever time they have left. Not unlike all the crap that is done to use to hold off BCR. In the end, we're all doomed.

From THE LANCET...

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)31035-7/fulltext

There is little, if anything, I believe we can do to prevent the spread and eventually becoming infected ourselves. Sheltering in place, washing our hands and wearing masks, should delay the inevitable, but as restrictions are eased and covidiots predominate, cases and deaths will spike again. Heck, taken overall, we may have a steady spike for a long time. IF a vaccine comes along, and everyone takes it, a new and hopefully better, world may emerge.

Or not.....

BillyBob@388 said...
OK, someone give me some input on this confusing situation. The whole idea of this last 2 months of various amounts of quarantine is to avoid overwhelming our hospitals, right?(although, that is putting many hospitals in trouble due to to lack of business, hope they are OK when we need them later) But, the main reason for "sheltering" is to lower demand on the hospitals, because, once we finally come out of our caves, the virus is still there waiting to infect every one who is not immune, right? No matter how long we hide, the virus will still be waiting for us, right? So we have got to face it sooner or later, and most of us are going to get it sooner or later? In fact, a whole bunch of us have already had it and don't even know it? Or maybe it's that some think that we can hide until we get a vaccine, no matter how long that takes? If so, I hope the vaccine works a lot better than our flu vaccines do some years, although some good years help 50-60%.

Even at 50-60% effectiveness, it prevents untold thousands of hospitalizations. The flu vaccine also helps you survive, if you do get the flu. There's a lot more about the benefits here: https://www.cdc.gov/flu/vaccines-work/vaccineeffect.htm

A Covid-19 vaccine should be mandatory, and tied to things like the ability to work, get a driver's license, etc.