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posted ago by vfr2imc ago by vfr2imc +902 / -0

When this is all sorted out and we have the spare test kits and a couple years to monitor COVID-19, we're going to find that infected virtually everyone and it has a mortality rate close to the common flu of about 0.1%.

In addition, and we'll find this out a lot sooner than later, we will find that all this economy killing stuff: the self-quarantining, social-distancing, school closings, restaurant closings, daycare closings.... we're going to find that it didn't do anything to "flatten the curve" in any substantial manner.

So we are currently killing our economy and reducing our ability to respond to the impending needs for a snake-oil cure that apparently nearly every world leader has purchased.

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remember1776 4 points ago +5 / -1

On a side note, the mechanisms of our immune systems are fucking incredible. Only God could have made that.

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jgardner 2 points ago +2 / -0

In Darwin's day, everyone thought cells were simple machines. Now we know that each one is way more complex than the largest modern cities. Imagine that -- each cell a highly complex city.