Pitch forks unnecessary, Karma is good enough
Using the "cases outside China data" from 22/ Jan to now is here:
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/coronavirus-cases/
Stick it in a spreadsheet, the daily rate of increase is about x1.1844. So 9 initial people* 1.1844^56 = ~117000 cases yesterday
Meaning that by 21st May, EVERYONE on the planet is infected.
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Lets run some other scenarios, instead of 9 initial cases, there are 100.
That's x1.1345, now its 13th June till everyone has it.
Doesn't help. You need to really flatten the growth till a vaccine can be made, then give it free to everyone so nobody is left spreading it.
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You don't need pitch forks, because the biggest pitch fork is Karma. Try offering "thoughts and prayers".
See Moscow Mitch? All those obstruction games he's playing right now on the Covid bill? 78 years old, he has a about a 12% chance of dying from Covid 19 by the middle of the year. Thoughts and prayers Mitch.
Jeanine Ferris Pirro, the Nazi version of Judge Judy on Fox News? the woman pretending it was a "leftist plot to make Trump look bad"? 68 years old. ~7.6% . Thoughts and Prayers Pirro!
Wes Edens (one of these patent trolls in the story) 58 years old, 3.37%. "T&P" Wes.
So don't get angry. No pitch fork needed. Go look at Wikipedia for the ages do a mortality estimate and offer them your "thoughts and prayers" on the impending Karma.
Wayne Robert LaPierre, Jr. (NRA) 70 years... "TP" Wayne.
See how much better that makes you feel?
And as for the younger ones with their lower probability? e.g. Katie Williams, is speeding up the spread to her heroes! Those preachers that preach "Republicanism" as if it was "Christianity" that refuse to close their churches, TP them!
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Just stay away from public events, avoid crowds, wash your hands, wear a mask (yes I know USA has a shortage and so should be limited to heath care workers, but other countries have plenty and they are not on ration and they do work).
Look at South Korea, they have it almost capped, using the basic testing/ isolation / hygiene.
Look at China, they have it almost capped using testing / isolation/ hygiene.
Look at Italy, not capped yet, but they tested a whole village to find that half of the people infected didn't have symptoms but were spreading it, after isolating all the the positive tested results, they had 10% of the expected cases for that group. Pretty impressive what testing and isolating and basic hygiene can do.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
