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RE: New report out of Harvard indicates that social distancing may be necessary until 2022 if no vaccine

Note that the Dr. being interviewed on Sky News is a Professor of Medicine AND a Research Associate in the field of Economics.

It might be presumed he takes a Significantly broader view of the situation than, say, the folks who produced the Harvard Study, who may've reached their conclusions by focusing too much on the timeframe for vaccine development without considering detrimental effects of a prolonged Lockdown.

They essentially arrived at questionable conclusion based on too a narrow view of the subject due to being overly Specialized --a classic example of "an Expert" ...

Someone who knows more & more about less & less until they know everything about nothing.
... As Jenny suggested a few comments above ...

There's a LOT more to be taken away from the Harvard Study (and this blog) than what's been touched upon.

The Topic & Comments are among the most fascinating I've seen on a CS Blog.
Even to the selection of the Subject Category (Science).
It could easily, and arguably more accurately, be listed under at least One other category.

RE: New report out of Harvard indicates that social distancing may be necessary until 2022 if no vaccine

It becomes something of a balancing act, Bella.

Weighing the outcome & making "adult decisions" about when the preventative measures inflict more misery -- and Death! -- than than the disease that's being Prevented ...

The interview appears to have been conducted earlier this week.
Again --
What's being said is Consistent with information put out by the VA nearly Two Weeks ago.

RE: Chancer's Apocalypse Bar

Let's get one thing perfectly understood, fedex ... (and the Rest of y'all) --

RE: Chancer's Apocalypse Bar

pssst. Chance.

When fedex says "a pint" that's like a code ...
What she means is ...

RE: New report out of Harvard indicates that social distancing may be necessary until 2022 if no vaccine

@ 6:30 --
The commentator in the vid in my comment above Specifically addresses the Harvard Study cited in the OP.

RE: It is amazing and scary...sound the alarm!

HEY SWEETIE!!

This observation from your son Jumped out at me ...

This supports your son's rather alarming assertion And opines WHY it's being done -

RE: Chaos in Michigan as drivers swarm Michigan capital to protest Gov. Nit- Whitmer's stay home order

Based on what's been Observed, he's well justified in doing so, Fonda ...

The 1st 5 1/2 minutes explains it well ...

RE: It is amazing and scary...sound the alarm!

Interesting info, Sweetie.
It raises questions regarding a number things that were Unforeseen.

RE: New report out of Harvard indicates that social distancing may be necessary until 2022 if no vaccine

BTW --
Deer Cabin Redoubt guy is a retired Army Major.
He commanded artillery units. Coincidence?


I ain't sayin'. I'm just sayin'. ...

RE: New report out of Harvard indicates that social distancing may be necessary until 2022 if no vaccine

This Might be ending in a LOT less'n a couple Years ...



That "News" was just passed along to me & seems to be a few days old.

I'm thinking it was known in medical circles before it became News ...
It's remarkably similar (nearly Spot On!) to information put out through the VA System just over a week ago.

RE: Chancer's Apocalypse Bar

Gimme Another Ol' Overholt! ...

RE: Chancer's Apocalypse Bar

I need SIX Old Overholt Rye Whisky ...

"Old Overholt is said to have been the alcoholic beverage of choice for notables ranging from Old West gunfighters to U.S. presidents, including:

* Gunfighter and gambler Doc Holliday
* Old West outlaw Johnny Ringo
* U.S. President Abraham Lincoln
* Civil War general and U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant
* U.S. President John F. Kennedy
* U.S. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles "

Make that SEVEN!!
Everyone has to Believe in Something and I b'lieve I'll join 'em ...

RE: Chancer's Apocalypse Bar

'Nastics \/

RE: Chancer's Apocalypse Bar

RE: Chaos in Michigan as drivers swarm Michigan capital to protest Gov. Nit- Whitmer's stay home order

YES! ... One might absolutely so say!

By Definition -- Those who get covid & survive will have been Selected by a Natural process!!
That's NATURAL Selection.

Holing up for up to two years & hoping that a pharma company concocts a vaccine to save one's àss is something a great deal Other than Natural ...
... DUHHH!!

RE: Chaos in Michigan as drivers swarm Michigan capital to protest Gov. Nit- Whitmer's stay home order

HEY PALM!
Cast your peepers on THIS ...


USGS DUMPS Gates/CDC/WHO Covid Contagion Predictive Model & will be using Actual Data.

Lockdown may be eased by Early May ...


...

I've Not Seen Merc Here Lately - (aka "A Prior Chatting Blog")

Crushable Seagrass Hat.

RE: Who will save us?

I've Not Seen Merc Here Lately - (aka "A Prior Chatting Blog")

I've Not Seen Merc Here Lately - (aka "A Prior Chatting Blog")

It's fedex @ 1,100!!

RE: Who will save us?

RE: Who will save us?

RE: Who will save us?

RE: Chaos in Michigan as drivers swarm Michigan capital to protest Gov. Nit- Whitmer's stay home order

Jim -- Vaccine or not, folks aren't gonna be Locked down for 2 years.
It's ridiculous to even Suggest it.
The Michigan events demonstrate folks' unwillingness (inability?) to tolerate it for Weeks, let alone Years!

Folks Will take the covid gamble which i described in my response to Palm's comment LONG before then -- Get the immunity or die trying.

To use Palm's phrase, they'll kill the quarantine - even if they risk getting killed doing so.

Honestly --
I'm amazed Harvard allowed it's name/credibility to be associated with such foolishness.

Now ... about the Holy Grail vaccine that's gonna save us.
Vaccines are not without risks -- some have proven more troublesome than the diseases they're meant to prevent.

Developing a vaccine in the midst of a pandemic necessarily puts a premium on making such a vaccine available asap -- which Could motivate fast tracking at the expense of rigorous testing for both effectiveness and safety.

Folks getting the vaccine, especially early on, may well be the "lab animals" on which the vaccine will be tested.

Pharmaceutical companies would not be deterred by possible liability suits from rushing a hugely lucrative but marginally tested vaccine to market.
U.S. law explicitly shields manufacturers of vaccines from such legal action.

Would I get a Covid vaccine? I don't know.
Would I be among the FIRST to get a Covid vaccine? NO!!

RE: In the middle of a pandemic Trump threatens to de-fund the World Health Organization

A lot of "Stuff" found in meteorites (an asteroid, by definition, can't be on Earth. It would've ceased being an asteroid & become a meteor and then a meteorite) begs the questions, where did they come from? How did they form? When? ...

Questions are raised starting @ 19:00 --

RE: Why New York Had More Deaths From The Chinese Virus Than Any Other Entire Country In The World

Not a, well ... Chance pun in Hell!

He's a MUCH more effective apparatchik for 'Publicans & The Don!!
Like the guy described here & others of their ilk ...

Right You Are, Lucas ...

You asked a Serious question.
Lucas gave you a Serious answer.

RE: In the middle of a pandemic Trump threatens to de-fund the World Health Organization

I stand by my previous comment on the article ...
Though I might also consider ...

RE: Chaos in Michigan as drivers swarm Michigan capital to protest Gov. Nit- Whitmer's stay home order

That was much the motivation for young Mark Twain wanting to catch a deadly plague, Palm.
Get the disease & either acquire immunity to it or die trying.

Getting the disease becomes a Roll Of The Dice.
When enough folks get so fed up with Lockdown that they're willing to Roll The Dice, they'll, as you phrased it, kill the quarantine.

Some of them will win the roll of the dice -- recover & acquire immunity.
Others will then be emboldened to take the gamble.

But, as is suggested in another blog, the notion that Lockdown can be dragged out for YEARS is patently ridiculous.

That CAN'T HAPPEN.

RE: In the middle of a pandemic Trump threatens to de-fund the World Health Organization

I've Not Seen Merc Here Lately - (aka "A Prior Chatting Blog")

Pickett's Charge playlist ...
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