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    Colossal fail.

    https://www.dailywire.com/news/21-mi...s-treated-zero

    All told, the city shelled out $350 million for facilities it never needed.

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    On a Covid related note, the golf fundraiser on TV right now is amusing me. Brady is no Tony Romo. Tiger to Brady: “you’re in the fairway..........over on #7.”

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    Quote Originally Posted by xu82 View Post
    On a Covid related note, the golf fundraiser on TV right now is amusing me. Brady is no Tony Romo. Tiger to Brady: “you’re in the fairway..........over on #7.”
    Brady is struggling, though the hole out for birdie on the par 5 and the putt for the eagle in alternate shot was nice. As expected, Peyton is a hoot.


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    Ohio’s unemployment rate reached 16.8% in April, the highest level ever recorded. The state shed more than 800,000 jobs during the month. Despite Ohio businesses starting to reopen, May’s numbers might be worse.
    https://www.dispatch.com/business/20...-high-in-april

    445 deaths under the age of 70 in Ohio.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Juice View Post
    https://www.dispatch.com/business/20...-high-in-april

    445 deaths under the age of 70 in Ohio.
    This has become embarrassing. We’ll look back on the lockdown years from now as the worst policy of our lifetimes.

    Also, remember all the Sweden comparisons? Sweden has had 477 deaths under age 70. With no lockdown.
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    More good news:

    London: An Oxford University vaccine trial has only a 50 per cent chance of success because coronavirus is fading so rapidly in Britain, a project co-leader has warned.

    The warning comes as new data reveals that there are now 224 vaccines in development around the world - almost double the total of just a month ago.

    Professor Adrian Hill said an upcoming Oxford vaccine trial, involving 10,000 volunteers, threatened to return "no result" because of low transmission of COVID-19 in the community.
    https://www.smh.com.au/world/europe/...24-p54vvu.html

    If this is becomes true, what does the "wait for the vaccine" crowd say/do now?

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    And while the wimps are all waiting for a covid 19 vaccine, we are opening ourselves up to an attack from more deadly diseases to all age groups, not just really old people.

    In Michigan, fewer than half of infants 5 months or younger are up to date on their vaccinations, which may allow for outbreaks in diseases like measles.
    https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/18/h...ence&smtyp=cur

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    The Sweden results seem mixed to me. Wanting herd immunity (70-90% with antibodies) they are at 7.3%
    Their death toll is over 4,000...while their neighboring Scandinavian countries with half the population are way lower.
    As of Friday, May 22nd, 3,925 people have died from Covid-19 in Sweden, a country with a population of 10 million. Neighbors Denmark, Finland and Norway - each with populations about half of Sweden’s - have recorded death tolls of 561, 306 and 235, respectively.
    Their economy is not doing any better either, despite being open, it's about the same as northern Europe.

    https://www.forbes.com/sites/joshuac.../#2f6a3f602dcd

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    Quote Originally Posted by paulxu View Post
    The Sweden results seem mixed to me. Wanting herd immunity (70-90% with antibodies) they are at 7.3%
    Their death toll is over 4,000...while their neighboring Scandinavian countries with half the population are way lower.

    Their economy is not doing any better either, despite being open, it's about the same as northern Europe.

    https://www.forbes.com/sites/joshuac.../#2f6a3f602dcd

    This virus hasn't done anybody any favors, for sure.
    I agree with your last statement, but the Forbes article is weak and inaccurate. First it uses Sweden's decline in GDP as a basis stating they are not doing better economically. But it's a global economy so of course GDP is going to drop when the rest of the world shut down! Here's a much better comparison of economic impact:
    - The U.S. unemployment rate went from 3.5% in February to 14.7% in April: https://tradingeconomics.com/united-...mployment-rate
    - Sweden's unemployment rate went from 8.2% in February, and 8.2% in April: https://tradingeconomics.com/sweden/unemployment-rate
    Sweden is clearly doing profoundly better.

    The article also states that Sweden's death rate is "flat", which is absolutely wrong. Deaths and ICU cases have dropped dramatically:
    https://experience.arcgis.com/experi...6f9f87457ed9aa

    This is yet another example of where words on a page are not supported by data.





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