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Originally Posted by SkinnyPupp
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A bit of a TLDW from the Rogan podcast. Some people asked for some expert opinions I've been following, and "facts", and they don't get much more highly credentialed than this guy. Hope those people will leave me alone until they watch at least the first half of this podcast.
This podcast is a good recap of what the experts have been saying since the beginning. The actual legit researchers, not the goofballs trying to get over on twitter and on TV. Most of this will be familiar territory, but here you go - watch this and leave me alone. Or keep posting and make yourself look like more of an ass. It's your right, since you have a degree, I guess? *shrug*
-He expects this to be "about 10-15X worse than a really bad flu season".
-When asks what that means, he said about 96 million infected, 48 million needing hospitalization, and 480K deaths (in America)
-We'll have to deal with this for at least the next 3-6 months
-China has been slowing it down with their extreme measures, but as soon as they open up again, it will probably go right back to where they were
-The usual "how do we protect ourselves" is repeated. Wash your hands will help, but not as much as has been said since the virus floats around quite a bit. Masks won't help prevent it, but will help a bit if someone gets sick and wears one. N95 is better
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The main point of protection - don't go in crowded areas unless you absolutely have to. Do NOT go to Canucks games. Do NOT go on a damn cruise. The only time you should be in a crowd is to go get food or other stuff you need.
-Also try to stay healthy. The virus killed a LOT more smokers than non smokers in China. If you smoke, I mean you obviously don't care about your health, but if you care about the health of others, stop smoking. Exercise, eat properly. I know, basic shit we ignore, but it matters.
-Closing schools will help, since while kids don't get sick from it, the can still carry it and spread it.
-He's worried that it will be worse in America, since so many people are obese and have heart disease
-He said stopping a virus like this is like trying to stop the wind. There's really not much you can do, except prepare for it (which we haven't done)
-He specifically mentioned that lying to people and saying we are safe from this is even worse than causing a panic. Telling the truth in a factual matter is way more important than trying to just make people comfortable with the issue. This obviously pertains to specific people here. You do NOT want an expert telling you to "live your life" because at least half a million people will die, since most of them are old. My take when hearing this is: Whenever someone brings up the mortality rate of age groups, you can almost always dismiss them. They are basically acting like climate change deniers or anti-vaxxers (which I find hilarious being accused of this by one
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That's about it off the top of my head. If you live in an infected area like Seattle, you do not want to be going into crowds unless it's more important than life. For now, it's a precaution, but eventually nobody will be able to even if they want to, since people more important than us will convince governments to act.