Quoting tom r lopes (
tomr...@gmail.com):
> A lot of talk on the Conspire list about this: people not understanding
> exponential growth. But I hadn't expected to be confronted with such lack
> of understanding.
Also not understanding the implications of this being a -=novel=- virus,
thus (in that respect, as in several others) orders of magnitude worse a
disease threat than is influenza: 'Novel' as in, the virus is just now
for the first time ever in contact with the human population, ergo
it's encountering a world population of 7.8 billion humans _none_ of
whom has any antiviral immunity to slow it down.
Anyone still promoting that dumb talking point on March 31, 2020 is
either oblivious or trolling. (Those refrigerated 18-wheel trucks
outside hospitals aren't there for flu cadavers[1].) But there's opportunity
there, if you want to seize it: Offer your co-worker a wager: At the
end of June, you two will subtract WHO's figure for 2019-2020 seasonal
influenza deaths worldwide from WHO's figure for 2019-2020 COVID-19
deaths worldwide. If it's a positive number, your coworker owes you
that many dollars. If negative, you owe your coworker that many
dollars.
I've found there's nothing quite like a gentleman's bet to motivate
people to re-engage the clutch to the brain before firing up the motor
to the mouth.
[1]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9wZBOoeQYU
Cellphone video footage, taken the morning of Sunday, March 29 outside
Brooklyn Hospital Center worker by one John Lee.
https://patch.com/new-york/bed-stuy/video-hospital-loads-body-truck-amid-coronavirus-outbreak
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