Yeah this article bugs me because it's using climate denier logic while acknowledging the sort of bad arguments that make climate denier logic work.
It was like when Texas was arguing the other day, climate stuff is a myth because they said X would happen at Y time if Z didn't happen, and now Y is here and we haven't seen X! Well, because a lot of Z did happen, so the situation has changed, and timetables have shifted.
These projections weren't wrong, but they were using the facts of the time. Assuming we let the disease go uncontrolled, millions would have died pretty quickly. But we responded and put a lot of the world in lockdown, so we're shifting away from what those models predicted, and models for the current situation show a different result. If we go back to the same lifestyle the originals models were based around, they will be correct once again. Even the United States is not shifting enough away from these models fast enough. So it's important to remember that they're not wrong, we're just working to make sure they don't come to be.
Because they have limited gatherings to 50 people max.
Those who can work from home are encouraged to work from home. My workplace has dismissed everyone since pretty much everyone can work from home. I can't so they just sent me home (with full pay).
Old people are encouraged to stay home. Shops have special opening hours just for people who are in the risk zone. And other stuff that I can't recall, nor care, because this covid-19 shit is greatly exaggerated.
No one said anything about letting everyone go about their business.
What, you really think this virus is just going to disappear in a few months? That's not going to happen. It's so infectious it's here to stay, just like the common cold.
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Forgive my english, as i'm not a native speaker
#boycottchina
Current update in Israel:
Cases: 3619 (+584), Deceased 12 (+0), Serious 54 (+5), Moderate 81, Capacity 2864.
Serious: 54, serious total from the start: 69, dead 12
Some extra bit of statistic about treatment location:
Hospitals: 493
Home: 1828
Hotels: 484
TBD: 713
Dutch government bought 1.2 million masks from China.
600k were unsafe to use.
This way:
There is some vid where cops chased after some biker in a park on cars. Sure he got away, but it's mostly done so there won't be 20 others there the next day.
Currently we don't have full lockdown, you can go from your home within 100 meters or for provision. Already enforced.
From what I understand yesterday alone there was 1000 enforcement events that ended with fines.
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