[pz619]

I think it’ll be 12 months from now and that assumes we have a vaccine that has been widely distributed. Otherwise, we’ll need some sort of viable treatment to relax restrictions.

Curious to know how many anti vaxxers are going to jump on board once a vaccine becomes available. I’m checking names.

[jimbobiggens]

Humanity survived the black death, yellow fever, cholera and well, fooey, way too many to list:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_epidemics

We will survive this.

[F30lolz]

Too lazy to read everyone’s post. Forgive me, drove 18 hours straight from Miami to my new home in Indiana so I’m a little wired/tired. Plus, I’ll have to fly back down to grab my 335 soon.

IMHO this will go on for another year. Sports should be played w/o fans to give us some sort of distraction.

Schools to return from Kindergarten-Colleges Fall 2021.

Unemployment to be through the roof with constant extensions and more stimulus checks.

Depression for sure.

That’s all I got. Bed time.

[Gdiddy23]

Originally Posted by Chihuahua

US mortality rate is currently around 2.5 percent. Worldwide mortality rate is around 5.4 percent.

More like .3-.5%. I've read estimates where they believe the infected rate is 5-10x the reported amount meaning the mortality rate is much lower.

[TrevorM3]

2020 is cancelled.

[Kolyan2k]

Well I am planning to go to a local bar in May....so I have high hopes

Just few days ago people predicted negative oil lol, now it's like oil crisis never existed

[dsad1]

When the media gets bored and moves on to something else. Maybe we find another dumb reason to impeach trump again, economy was doing great then.

[IndyRed128i]

Originally Posted by Run Silent

I am going with 6/1/2020.

Why?

Because much longer than that and the economic devastation will outweigh the loss of life. There is a line, and several indicators show that date to be about where the line resides.

At that point - far more people will die or have their lives destroyed, such as permanent homelessness, drug addiction, suicide, malnourishment, starvation, and such from the economic destruction than the virus itself.

I believe some indicators show a loss of life from the shutdown of the economy to exceed 1MM if we keep it shutdown longer than that.

These are my thoughts exactly. Most reasonable people want to protect public health, but there is a huge middle ground between completely pulling the plug, and taking no precautions at all.

Having the economy shut down for months and months will have a ripple effect that will hurt all levels of the economy, and if we aren’t careful, there will be much more suffering from that than from COVID 19.

Here in Dallas, the city council just extended the shelter in place until April 30th , with the mayor having the discretion to extend until May 20th, so we will see how this plays out.

[Kolyan2k]

The key is to shut down everything for x amount of day to stop the virus from spreading. It's better for economy then what many state are doing now. USA is like the last country not to lockdown. Russia issued a lockdown until end of April and they are in a much better shape then USA

[tcphoto]

It looks like it will be not be a pleasant two or three weeks.

[BMWILUVU]

By summer, people will be ignoring quarantines. Martial law will be met with riots if it lasts that long. I've been using the empty highways to stay sane.

[Kolyan2k]

UV kills viruses in general so it should be fine during summer and come back in fall in weaker form. I think people are panicking too much, buying guns and shit....crazy

Buddy of mine got Italy vacation booked for August

[wdb]

Originally Posted by Kolyan2k

UV kills viruses in general so it should be fine during summer and come back in fall in weaker form.

Tell that to Iran.

[Kolyan2k]

Originally Posted by wdb

Tell that to Iran.

Low humidity maybe....viruses dont survive good in humid weather

[dsad1]

Originally Posted by wdb

Tell that to Iran.

Iran is still cool this time of year.

[bimmer pleaser V2]

Originally Posted by MPOWER5266

I'm just worried the over use of hand sanitizers, sterilizing every hard surface, and people avoiding germs and contact is going to have a negative impact on immune systems. I never use hand sanitizer, I just wash my hands when they are dirty and I haven't had a flu in 20 years. I'm not a doctor(obviously) but I just feel like this could have a negative effect in the long run.

"KILL'S 99% OF GERMS" I am no fancy schmancy virologist but aren't we accelerating and aiding evolution of viruses and harmful bacteria?

[1MOREMOD]

Use listerine

[hubbahubba]

Originally Posted by BMWILUVU

By summer, people will be ignoring quarantines. Martial law will be met with riots if it lasts that long. I've been using the empty highways to stay sane.

Me too. Got in an awesome 60 mile drive out towards the boondocks yesterday. Didn't take long...

[Supernaut]

Originally Posted by Kolyan2k

Low humidity maybe....viruses dont survive good in humid weather

It's spreading in Brazil and India just fine. The viruses are reproducing in 98 degree, humid respiratory tracts. They don't need to spend much time outside the body for the next body to pick it up. Other coronaviruses (like MERS) survived longer in coldweather and less well above 85 degrees, and did better in more humid temps on inanimate objects.

[Supernaut]

Originally Posted by bimmer pleaser V2

"KILL'S 99% OF GERMS" I am no fancy schmancy virologist but aren't we accelerating and aiding evolution of viruses and harmful bacteria?

That's true when you use antibacterial soaps which can leave behind bacteria resistant to the particular antibiotic in the soap (they have an altered binding site or make a blocking agent). Alcohol kills in a mechanical process.

We don't really promote viral mutations like we do in bacteria with liberal antibiotic use. Viruses mutate pretty frequently, so controlling spread is the best way to limit mutations.

[Nuckle]

It better return to semi normal soon or it really won't matter.

[aozer]

Originally Posted by dsad1

When the media gets bored and moves on to something else. Maybe we find another dumb reason to impeach trump again, economy was doing great then.

this is just a stupid and dangerous way of thinking.