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@realcaseyrollins @mewmew @FOX10Phoenix The only thing about death percentages is that they change as we get more info. For example, we have thousands of "excess deaths" this year that are not known to be coronavirus related. In the future, some fraction of these will be determined to have been untested / undiagnosed COVID-19, which will raise the percentages after the fact.

So people's risk assessments based on a then-current view of death percentages will be wrong. Maybe wrong enough to have changed their behavior, maybe not.

Incidentally, I agree that the messaging around masks was a wrong move. They should have said "we need the good masks for medical people, but you can make your own" from the beginning, instead of "don't wear masks unless you're sick or a doctor".

The experience of Asia (where they've had multiple respiratory virus outbreaks over the last few decades) should have offered guidance that there was some perceived benefit to masking up. My nephew sent me a package from South Korea with dozens of government issued disposable masks.
@realcaseyrollins @mewmew @FOX10Phoenix That's standard when testing is involved. In early stages, they only test obviously very sick people or those in close contact with them. As testing increases, testing expands and catches people that are less sick, such as asymptomatic or presymptomatic.

This day took a wrong turn some time around noon and has grown into a fully fledged train wreck. Energy levels point to bed

@tuxcrafting @realcaseyrollins I don't know if it's a real pattern, but when I was in school, it seemed like everyone had July and August birthdays.
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I'm doing great just lonely in my room with the computer
@realcaseyrollins struggling with mental health seems to one of the few unifying topics these days
@realcaseyrollins @tuxcrafting @11112011 lol like they expect wealthy people to volunteer for an experimental vaccine. Poor people the world over are always the guinea pigs.

They're definitely the last in line for any effective treatment as well. Interesting article, thanks.

Talking about is the easiest thing you can do for clout cuz you can spout pure nonsense and people will still drool over it

@realcaseyrollins @tuxcrafting @11112011 idk didn't hear about it. Experimenting in Afrucan children isn't outside the realm of possibility i suppose; if true, it wouldn't be the first time.
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