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My wife and I have absolutely no plans to go there any time soon that's for damn sure. A shame as it was a quick getaway from reality, and an easy five hour scenic drive from home for us.
Some of the precautions mentioned in those articles will be relevant when traveling anywhere though (hotel room sanitization, etc.), not to mention the impact on large concerts, sporting events, etc, etc., etc.
Strange days are here, and will be here for quite some time. Hard to imagine anything ever being the way it was before, even when there is a vaccine...
This is a good video showing what's happening currently around Vegas.
The plexiglass at the tables and in between slots will be in place at some casinos. It will be interesting to see the measures they go to.
Again, hope they find a way to accurately track the rate of transmission asa they go.
video: [www.washingtonpost.com]
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The virus will not ebb out. We get a break now, but history is telling that pandemics come in waves. The next waves might hit harder.
The 1918 pandemic (a.k.a. the Spanish flu) should be understood by every single leader in the world. I bet it is one of the first topics in basic virology classes.
1918 Influenza: the Mother of All Pandemics (CDC USA)
The Deadliest Flu: The Complete Story of the Discovery and Reconstruction of the 1918 Pandemic Virus (CDC USA)
In the 1918–1919 pandemic, a first or spring wave began in March 1918 and spread unevenly through the United States, Europe, and possibly Asia over the next 6 months. Illness rates were high, but death rates in most locales were not appreciably above normal.
A second or fall wave spread globally from September to November 1918 and was highly fatal. In many nations, a third wave occurred in early 1919.
In retrospect, even the rapid progressions from uncomplicated influenza infections to fatal pneumonia, a hallmark of the 1918–1919 fall and winter waves, had been noted in the relatively few severe spring wave cases. The differences between the waves thus seemed to be primarily in the much higher frequency of complicated, severe, and fatal cases in the last 2 waves.
It is safe to assume that round 2 is coming in the fall. But I think it is also safe to assume round 2 will not be nearly as bad as the first round was this time. This is not 1918 or whenever This is 2020. We are far more advanced and will be and are far more prepared than we were when this virus started.
Time to get back to life and quit looking at everything to be the worst case.
Unfortunately, as advanced as a species we are, we're pathetic. Liberty has overruled living. The virus doesn't care about heat. Don't be surprised if a repeat of the Spanish Flu pandemic occurs - unlike that deadly Chinese H1N1 virus, this one is extremely different.
Won't happen. Sure there will be round 2 in the Fall but it will be far less wide spread as round one.
We got this!
Time to quit preaching the doom and gloom.
Get back to living.
Have it. Wave your liberty flag, just don't ask for help if you get the virus.
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Is Las Vegas really opening up? How are people supposed to get there? Driving their own cars? Or going through airports and airplanes?
Are really people willing to expose themselves to the virus these days? Just for entertainment? I mean you have to go to the grocery store for food, and you have to go to work, and you have to visit your parents and your friends, but you don't have to sit in with a slot machine in Las Vegas.
I guess a lot of people who go to Vegas like to gamble..........
I know people like to gamble, but do you like to gamble when you know there are an unknown number of snipers in town?
There is a difference in gambling with money vs your health...
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Is Las Vegas really opening up? How are people supposed to get there? Driving their own cars? Or going through airports and airplanes?
Are really people willing to expose themselves to the virus these days? Just for entertainment? I mean you have to go to the grocery store for food, and you have to go to work, and you have to visit your parents and your friends, but you don't have to sit in with a slot machine in Las Vegas.
I guess a lot of people who go to Vegas like to gamble..........
Ha ha yes I had heard that. Love it
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Italy had just 233 deaths on March 7. If Las Vegas have "only 262 deaths" now, then everything is fine, like it was two months ago in Italy. May be there are no elderly people in Las Vegas, no nursing homes, and everybody is healthy, fit and ready for party time with corona. Or may be some still does not get it.
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The Trump administration projects about 3,000 daily deaths by early June
"As President Trump presses for states to reopen their economies, his administration is privately projecting a steady rise in the number of cases and deaths from the coronavirus over the next several weeks, reaching about 3,000 daily deaths on June 1, according to an internal document obtained by The New York Times, nearly double from the current level of about 1,750.
The projections, based on government modeling pulled together in chart form by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, forecast about 200,000 new cases each day by the end of the month, up from about 25,000 cases now.
The numbers underscore a sobering reality: While the United States has been hunkered down for the past seven weeks, significant risks remain. And the reopening to the economy will make matters worse."
[www.nytimes.com]
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Seems to me there is a huge difference between states in the USA. Some are hit hard, some hardly at all. I heard a figure being thrown around on CNN (Wolf Blitzer) the other day;
800,000 was the estimation before this is over. Here in Sweden the same figure would be 8,000-20,000. The R rate is below 1 here now though. Which indicates a relief of sorts.
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World leaders pledged 8 billion dollars to work together to fight the coronavirus.
How much did the Trump Adminstration pledge?
[www.reuters.com]
[www.euronews.com]
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I was just wondering. I would think the USA might possibly contribute but if they do not I would think it would be justified because of monies they have already given or committed somewhere else for the same exact purpose
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I was just wondering. I would think the USA might possibly contribute but if they do not I would think it would be justified because of monies they have already given or committed somewhere else for the same exact purpose
You seem to be very well versed in the art of fellatio.
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Two things, shortly, about China:
1) China is a propaganda state. A dictatorship. If you attack China they won't turn the other cheek. They will attack you. They won't admit to anything.
2) POTUS is pressured. He wants a scapegoat to turn the tide (sorry one image too much). Hence pointing out China. It's tactics. He's good with that. His focus is on winning the election.