Attaboy. Chalk up any disagreement to the other side being uninformed.

I’ve read about as much on this as anyone I bet, on both sides of the ideological spectrum.

Crystal is another person on the opposite side of the spectrum. But he makes his own arguments without being patronizing, and doesn’t lazily link one article of thousands. Try to meet Crystal’s standards, thank you.

In response to this post by Baltimore Hokie

Posted: 03/11/2020 at 10:05PM

Flu killed 80,000 US citizens in the 2017/2018 flu season. Will COVID-19 -- RoswellGAHokie 03/11/2020 7:23PM

If it ends up being far less it will be because of the restrictions going -- AbsolutVT03 03/11/2020 10:28PM

You're not being ghoulish - you're just not trying to develop an informed -- Baltimore Hokie 03/11/2020 9:57PM

Attaboy. Chalk up any disagreement to the other side being uninformed. -- RoswellGAHokie 03/11/2020 10:05PM

I take it you didn't read the article -- Baltimore Hokie 03/11/2020 10:07PM

I did. One of many. Let’s revisit the issue in 6 months. Loser buys the -- RoswellGAHokie 03/11/2020 10:14PM

That's the point though - it's hard to define 'loser' here -- Baltimore Hokie 03/11/2020 10:32PM

I would argue for protecting the 65 and older. -- RoswellGAHokie 03/11/2020 10:44PM

Panic over what will prove to be a non-event. IMHO. ** -- MikeVT85 03/11/2020 9:36PM

Will that number reflect the possible indirect fatalities? -- HokieDevil 03/11/2020 9:07PM

Countries that take drastic measures early will have lower mortality rates. -- No Clue 03/11/2020 9:05PM

One thing about the Flu, our economy and our lifestyle has adapted to it... -- HokieSignGuy 03/11/2020 8:53PM

You have to put that flu season in context -- HokieAl 03/11/2020 8:34PM

At this point it won't be an apples to apples comparison... -- MP4VT2004 03/11/2020 8:02PM

Understood. But the poverty and joblessness that our response will cause -- RoswellGAHokie 03/11/2020 8:04PM

I think you're wrong about that -- bulab 03/11/2020 8:40PM

I think Dr. Fauci answered that question when he said millions could die ** -- HortHokie 03/11/2020 8:21PM

I agree with you, and posted the same earlier tonight. ** -- MP4VT2004 03/11/2020 8:17PM

What I don’t quite understand is how the potential death -- HokieSignGuy 03/11/2020 7:44PM

I don’t trust China’s numbers but they also put extremely restrictive -- AbsolutVT03 03/11/2020 10:32PM

China's numbers are heavily underreported -- GoobyPls 03/11/2020 9:30PM

With China, it’s probably a bit of both. Under-reporting to an extent. And -- RoswellGAHokie 03/11/2020 7:46PM

It depends on what we collectively do and how we act -- bulab 03/11/2020 7:26PM

Attaboy. Chalk up any disagreement to the other side being uninformed.

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