Death by Corona numbers explode to 61

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Hello Dutch Uncle,

Dutch Uncle said:
There's science behind it:
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/articles/200309/smile-away-the-flu
Neurologists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have found a link between the body's immune response and a positive attitude. Their conclusion: Happy people heal faster.

https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/magazine/happiness-stress-heart-disease/
A vast scientific literature has detailed how negative emotions harm the body. Serious, sustained stress or fear can alter biological systems in a way that, over time, adds up to “wear and tear” and, eventually, illnesses such as heart disease, stroke, and diabetes. Chronic anger and anxiety can disrupt cardiac function by changing the heart’s electrical stability, hastening atherosclerosis, and increasing systemic inflammation....

...Some public health professionals contend that the apparent beneficial effects of positive emotions do not stem from anything intrinsically protective in upbeat mind states, but rather from the fact that positive emotions mark the absence of negative moods and self-destructive habits. Kubzansky and others disagree. They believe that there is more to the phenomenon—and that scientists are only beginning to glean the possible biological, behavioral, and cognitive mechanisms....

https://time.com/4866693/happiness-improves-health/
There’s also evidence that happiness can have beneficial effects on the cardiovascular and immune systems, influence hormones and inflammation levels and speed wound healing. It’s even been linked to longer telomeres, protein caps on the end of chromosomes that get shorter with age. Although there are only a few studies on this topic and more research is needed, “the findings are promising in offering a direct tie from psychological well-being to aging and health at the cellular level,” the authors wrote.
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Oh, I've heard of all those concepts. I think that's real. What's not accurate is any assumption that liberals are happier than conservatives. And even if they are, the difference is not that great, so I don't think that is going to be a strong deciding factor in who survives and who doesn't. If there is a swing toward liberalism following this event, I would attribute that to people changing their minds about big government and why it is a good idea to have one, now that big government is coming to the rescue of capitalism.
 
PoliTalker said:
Hello Dutch Uncle,



Oh, I've heard of all those concepts. I think that's real. What's not accurate is any assumption that liberals are happier than conservatives. And even if they are, the difference is not that great, so I don't think that is going to be a strong deciding factor in who survives and who doesn't. If there is a swing toward liberalism following this event, I would attribute that to people changing their minds about big government and why it is a good idea to have one, now that big government is coming to the rescue of capitalism.
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“big government is coming to the rescue of capitalism.”

Lol

Government and the private sector are working to repair the damage caused by the Chinese virus that the Chinese failed to control.

It has squat to do with Capitalism.
 
Hello Damocles,

Damocles said:
A spike in reported numbers will not increase the death rate.. just sayin'. If we find out that there are 100's of thousands of cases in the US and only 61 deaths then we should revisit our panic and maybe tamp it down a bit.
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Shoot. There is no good reason for panic. Who is looking to justify panic?

Taking smart measures. That's is what we should be doing and continue to do.

Social distancing is the best thing we can do right now.

Buying a year supply of TP? That's panic.

Standing in line outside a gun shop?

Comon. THAT's panic.

I think people are going to begin to feel ashamed of the way they reacted to this thing when they get tired of eating all their meals out of their freezers. And then they still have to go to the store for fresh stuff, and they find that demand is so low that great meats are then all on sale.
 
Earl said:
“big government is coming to the rescue of capitalism.”

Lol

Government and the private sector are working to repair the damage caused by the Chinese virus that the Chinese failed to control.

It has squat to do with Capitalism.
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Don’t tell him the government doesn’t actually make anything lol.

The *private sector* is stepping up to the plate though. They just need the ‘big government’ to get their regulations out of the way.
 
Darth Omar said:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/abcnew...s-stuck-long-lines-airports/story?id=69602911

Running low on substitute adjectives for ‘creep’ and ‘crawl’ so I went with the sarcastic angle in the OP title.

Related news: at least one doctor thinks the CHINA virus has already been in WV since there have been a cluster of people with flu like symptoms that tested negative for seasonal flu virus over the past 6-8 weeks. Could easily be true and if it is, the virulence of the virus is unremarkable with respect to the vast majority of people.

Also, if true, the actual number of Corona cases is a lot higher than the number of confirmed cases, nationally. This is probably what prompted the expert in OH to speculate that OH could have 100k cases of the virus.

But if all of this is true, look at the number in the OP title—and think.
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Are you feeling sheepish yet ?
 
PoliTalker said:
Hello Dutch Uncle,



Oh, I've heard of all those concepts. I think that's real. What's not accurate is any assumption that liberals are happier than conservatives. And even if they are, the difference is not that great, so I don't think that is going to be a strong deciding factor in who survives and who doesn't. If there is a swing toward liberalism following this event, I would attribute that to people changing their minds about big government and why it is a good idea to have one, now that big government is coming to the rescue of capitalism.
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That is not what I said at all and if my post led anyone to beleive that is what I was saying, I apologize.

What I'm saying is that unhappy, bitter, hateful people, of which there are those on both the Left and Right, are less likely to survive or recover from an illness than happy people just as the data states. It doesn't differentiate on political or religious affiliation.
 
Hello Dutch Uncle,

Dutch Uncle said:
That is not what I said at all and if my post led anyone to beleive that is what I was saying, I apologize.

What I'm saying is that unhappy, bitter, hateful people, of which there are those on both the Left and Right, are less likely to survive or recover from an illness than happy people just as the data states. It doesn't differentiate on political or religious affiliation.
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Right on!

Nice correction.

Totally agree.

I think the problem with hatred and revenge-seeking is the level of stress involved with fretting about all that stuff. Stress weakens the immune system.

Happiness doesn't always just come naturally. Sometimes you have to work at it. It is a worthwhile endeavor. I have made happiness-seeking and stress-avoidance primary concerns in my life. I am healthy. Works for me. Not scientific, but why should I care if I am happy?

There is so much good and pleasure in this world if you just seek it out.

I could easily have gone a very different path. Glad I didn't. I love my life. I have created a life I CAN love.

So much of this is simply mental.

And I must admit I made a bad assumption when I wondered if this would hit conservatives any more than liberals. That was my bad for reading that into your previous.
 
Damocles said:
A spike in reported numbers will not increase the death rate.. just sayin'. If we find out that there are 100's of thousands of cases in the US and only 61 deaths then we should revisit our panic and maybe tamp it down a bit.
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Where is the panic? All I have seen, other than the toilet paper, is calm orderly reaction.
 
PoliTalker said:
Hello Dutch Uncle,



Right on!

Nice correction.

Totally agree.

I think the problem with hatred and revenge-seeking is the level of stress involved with fretting about all that stuff. Stress weakens the immune system.

Happiness doesn't always just come naturally. Sometimes you have to work at it. It is a worthwhile endeavor. I have made happiness-seeking and stress-avoidance primary concerns in my life. I am healthy. Works for me. Not scientific, but why should I care if I am happy?

There is so much good and pleasure in this world if you just seek it out.

I could easily have gone a very different path. Glad I didn't. I love my life. I have created a life I CAN love.

So much of this is simply mental.

And I must admit I made a bad assumption when I wondered if this would hit conservatives any more than liberals. That was my bad for reading that into your previous.
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So, why did you cheer the economic loss to millions of Americans and their families due to the Chinese virus that China failed to control?
 
If we are not testing and therefore do not know the true numbers of those infected, will we ever know the true numbers of those who died?
 
PoliTalker said:
Hello Darth,

Those numbers are about to explode.

The confirmed reports are only a fraction of the actual, and we are about to finally get the testing capacity we needed 6 weeks ago.

As soon as the full testing capacity comes online we are likely to see a huge spike in the reported numbers.
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The OP is not going to age well and will be a reminder that the right-wing and Trump were not taking this seriously at a time we should have been preparing for this pandemic.
 
10 days ago there were so few deaths you were mocking how few there were, now there are over 40 times the number there was just 10 days ago. It has doubled 5 times over. You fucking fool.
 
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Cypress said:
Darth Omar said:
Death by Corona numbers explode to 61
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This post has not aged well
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Agreed. I figured it would be a 1000 dead by yesterday and was surprised that it's now almost twice that at 1,717: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/


BOOMER REMOVER said:
Reminder that this was just 10 days ago.
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Agreed. Intelligent, sane and educated people saw this coming; others less so.

Next place to watch is New Orleans.
 
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