Senate Pandemics in the Age of Globalization: Coronavirus (COVID-19) Discussion: See OP Warning

England is supposed to ease up a little starting tomorrow but between the London protest and the good weather this weekend lots of people have been heading for beaches, etc and not social distancing.

 

The moment summer started to come into the picture people have forgotten social distancing and it’s gonna bite us all in the ass

 

Instead of WWI and mass gatherings pushing the disease around, it will be mass protests and stupid people pushing it. I fully expect another shutdown by Ocotber.

 

Do you have an article that offers a good rebuttal?

 

I will continue to act as though it's everywhere and that I can get it if I look at someone. My kids will NOT be going back to school till September at the earliest, Id South Korea are back on lock down again and they had it under control then we're certainly going to mess it up with this shower in charge. Still have the worst cases in Europe but we're already opening.
It's insane

 

Sorry to hear @Obi Anne

 

Literally! Like I actually cried afterwards, not from pain or fear or anything but from the fact it pushed down on my tearduct and involuntary made my eye water.

 

This sounds... not great.

 

Leap into the meat grinder!

 

So long as the economy is fine who cares if everyone dies. World leaders 2020

 

Yeah my mum with COPD will continue to stay home and have me deliver food once per week

 

But how can the economy be fine if everyone dies, right? Kinda defeats the purpose of having an economy.

 

Not everyone is going to die. Just a few million around the world. Maybe 10. Maybe 100. We need to run this experiment so we can find out.

 

Hmm now I am curious what the worst case numbers would have been if we had done nothing

 

An earlier model predicted that if we did nothing, there would be over half a million dead in the UK and over 2 million in the US (again, that’s if we did nothing). That study was the whole reason for the lockdown in those countries.

I don’t know what that model had to say about the world, nor do I know of any similar but more up to date models.

 

It's insane and my parents are going to continue being cautious.

This isn't going to end well.

 

I give it to July 4th and COVID-19 will once again be a dinner table companion like it was at Easter.

 

Hasn't it occurred to anyone's mind that the killing of George Floyd by policemen was the spark that has brought fire to an already overloaded barrel of powder in the current situation of the coronavirus pandemic?

Because:

1- The coronavirus pandemic has literally destroyed people's wealth, comfort and health, with tens of millions of people unemployed in the U.S. (as well as around the world) in just a couple of weeks;

2- People loosing their jobs, money as well as their loved ones because of the pandemic causes despair and outrage so their try to turn to their political leaders;

3- Political leaders are being irresponsible, not knowing what to do to solve the current health and economical crisis. Instead, they are trying to find scapegoats and pointing fingers towards people to blame;

4- People are loosing faith towards their governments and leaders around the world, so they now know they are on their own and have to manage things by themselves in order to survive and make it through once again in this current global health and economical crisis;

5- Now, people all around the world see policemen, who represent law and order in our societies, unfairly killing a man in the most cruel way by kneeling on him. Now people all tell to themselves: "What?!? Not only I can barely survive in this pandemic, but now, law enforcement officers will unfairly kill me like that?!" "That's enough!!"

George Floyd's last word represent what all people feel and are living through: "I can't breath!" Yes, nobody can manage to breath by struggling in this pandemic and economical crisis and by living in a more unfair world with rich people getting richer and having tax cuts, and poor people become poorer and dying, and democracy and liberties disappearing with politicians grabbing more power with this world health crisis (whether it is in Hungary, Hong-Kong, Azerbaijan, Iran, Morocco and even Jordan) . Demonstration are also occurring here in Canada against police brutality as well after those events. It's global now, not just the U.S.. And George Floyd's death might be the spark that will bring fire and consume this world...

 

That's great @SW Saga Fan but COVID-19 does not care. It's going to come roaring back and were all going to wish we were back in time when problems we had were ones we could solve since that were made by humans, not by nature.