BF2S Forums Pandemic thread

SuperJail Warden wrote:

Jay wrote:

uziq wrote:

that is 100% correct. it's almost as if the epidemiologists' models are working. viral growth is exponential. "this totally blindsided us", says trump, an illiterate.

jay, comment?

And what's the death rate? Still think 2.2 million Americans will die?

No, sorry.

Maybe you shouldn't panic about everything.

Maybe the world isn't ending.

Maybe what I originally said, that you can't control everyone and lock everyone down, that the virus would spread regardless of any measures taken, and that quarantines were completely pointless, was correct?

We crashed the economy, for nothing.

Millions of people lost their jobs, for nothing.

Literally everything I've said has turned out to be correct, except maybe for the severity of the illness. I admit I underestimated that a bit.

About how many deaths would there need to be for you to say that this was a serious issue?

Oh, it's serious. I'm not denying that. My argument was always that this couldn't be controlled. Control freaks always want to control every externality. This was one they weren't going to win, no matter how much they tried to lock the rest of the world down around them.

Did they really think that shutting down NYC schools, kicking a million kids out and sending them home, and they were going to quietly stay cooped up in their apartment for two weeks? Have you ever met NYC teenagers?

This response was dictated by the Upper East Siders and the Park Slopers. They have the means and the jobs that allow themselves to squirrel themselves away in their co-op for a few weeks. They were super quick to self-quarantine themselves when the news came out and demanded that everyone else follow suit. The poor? Not so much.

Jay wrote:

One thing that has been exposed is that in all of our liberal states, they've been quietly cutting back on services like hospitals and hospital beds for decades because they allowed the pensions of public servants to balloon out of all proportion and had to make cuts. Oops.

ah so it's the liberals who have engineered your terrible health system.

i am learning a lot from jay senpai. tell me more!

SuperJail Warden wrote:

Jay wrote:

uziq wrote:

that is 100% correct. it's almost as if the epidemiologists' models are working. viral growth is exponential. "this totally blindsided us", says trump, an illiterate.

jay, comment?

And what's the death rate? Still think 2.2 million Americans will die?

No, sorry.

Maybe you shouldn't panic about everything.

Maybe the world isn't ending.

Maybe what I originally said, that you can't control everyone and lock everyone down, that the virus would spread regardless of any measures taken, and that quarantines were completely pointless, was correct?

We crashed the economy, for nothing.

Millions of people lost their jobs, for nothing.

Literally everything I've said has turned out to be correct, except maybe for the severity of the illness. I admit I underestimated that a bit.

About how many deaths would there need to be for you to say that this was a serious issue?

america is racing to a situation where it cannot contain the pandemic, where the hospitals will be overwhelmed with new patients, and where lots of people will avoidably die. i don't know why, but jay thinks that viral spreads aren't exponential. he thinks it's going to 'top out' at swine flu levels of infection, even though swine flu is considerably weaker and less contagious, and even though we have society-wide vaccines in place for flu which mitigate its effects every single year. for some reason jay doesn't get the idea that the mortality rate could affect 2% of 90% of americans. that's a helluva lot of people.

Last edited by uziq (2020-03-24 07:02:44)

Even if we didn't have public worker pensions , do you think republicans would have decided to up the amount of healthcare spending under any circumstance?

i want to know what jay reads because it is some strong kush. every single issue that comes up he has the zaniest take about how it's the 'liberals' and the 'upper east siders' being 'afraid' and 'craving control'. it's almost cute. like a jordan peterson fan or something talking about lobster hierarchies.

uziq wrote:

i want to know what jay reads because it is some strong kush. every single issue that comes up he has the zaniest take about how it's the 'liberals' and the 'upper east siders' being 'afraid' and 'craving control'. it's almost cute. like a jordan peterson fan or something talking about lobster hierarchies.

My own observations. But hey, if you want a link to something that I agree with, here you go: https://www.zerohedge.com/political/lux … alypticism

uziq wrote:

lol by Tyler Durden

you've progressed into such an intellectual jay.

Every byline on that site is Tyler Durden.

Jay wrote:

Oh, it's serious. I'm not denying that. My argument was always that this couldn't be controlled.

Always been your argument? I'm sorry, but how many times have we quoted and requoted your "don't overreact you guys, it's just the flu," in this thread alone?

People are so pigheaded about this thing that health officials have to beg social media stars and influencers to help convince the unwashed masses.

unnamednewbie13 wrote:

Jay wrote:

Oh, it's serious. I'm not denying that. My argument was always that this couldn't be controlled.

Always been your argument? I'm sorry, but how many times have we quoted and requoted your "don't overreact you guys, it's just the flu," in this thread alone?

People are so pigheaded about this thing that health officials have to beg social media stars and influencers to help convince the unwashed masses.

remember, it's just scared liberals trying to cower underneath uncle joe's wing!

and it's mostly seasonal allergies, anyway. i had the flu last year, so i'd know, this'll be over in a sweat.

uziq wrote:

unnamednewbie13 wrote:

Jay wrote:

Oh, it's serious. I'm not denying that. My argument was always that this couldn't be controlled.

Always been your argument? I'm sorry, but how many times have we quoted and requoted your "don't overreact you guys, it's just the flu," in this thread alone?

People are so pigheaded about this thing that health officials have to beg social media stars and influencers to help convince the unwashed masses.

remember, it's just scared liberals trying to cower underneath uncle joe's wing!

and it's mostly seasonal allergies, anyway. i had the flu last year, so i'd know, this'll be over in a sweat.

It is scared liberals. Almost universally.

Jay: It's just the flu, stop overreacting.
Jay: It's too late to manage this!
Jay:

Just have to ride it out at this point. Keep your distance, wash your hands, if you're high risk, stay home.

Jay wrote:

uziq wrote:

unnamednewbie13 wrote:

Always been your argument? I'm sorry, but how many times have we quoted and requoted your "don't overreact you guys, it's just the flu," in this thread alone?

People are so pigheaded about this thing that health officials have to beg social media stars and influencers to help convince the unwashed masses.

remember, it's just scared liberals trying to cower underneath uncle joe's wing!

and it's mostly seasonal allergies, anyway. i had the flu last year, so i'd know, this'll be over in a sweat.

It is scared liberals. Almost universally.

jay. the world have adopted the same approach to this virus. everyone is committing mass acts of economic self-harm.

are there liberals in tehran? liberals in shanghai? liberals in fiscally minded germany? is boris johnson a ninny liberal?

you talk such utter fucking bollocks, it's astounding.

ah, yes, xi jinping and the supreme leader/president of iran, going to the same schools. 'the elite'! pah! 'experts', who needs 'em!

you are beyond stupid. you are literally, literally beyond stupid.

the 'elite' didn't spread the disease. do you know who took it to italy? chinese factory workers. wuhan is a logistical/transport hub, not a fucking ski resort for the global 1%. it's denver, not aspen. it's a working town. a lot of people fly to china for business and everyday commerce, jay, not international banking elites and bilderbergers. the global supply chain leads there.

i thought you were a fan of the spirit of enterprise? independence? the rational guiding hand of the market? that's why wuhan is immediately connected to the outside world: trade and commerce. not because of a jet-setting elite.

Last edited by uziq (2020-03-24 09:24:49)