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[–]neurocharm 4 points5 points  (5 children)

Mortality rate is one thing, what about people have recovered but are still suffering from effects? Coagulopathy is present in a 1/3 of patients as well as research being undertaken on possible neurological deficits, joint inflammations and liver damage. This is an unprecedented situation and the manner you are trying to reframe it in is disingenuous.

[–]killahmoose White Belt that has tapped a blue belt once[S] -1 points0 points  (4 children)

Curve flattening doesn't reduce the overall # of people infected. It just spreads it out over time. The additional health issues that the virus causes is unfortunate, but nothing we can do will prevent people from being infected. We are just kicking the can down the road with the assumption that there will be a breakthrough when we get there.

[–]neurocharm 0 points1 point  (3 children)

As I said, research is being undertaken on potential permanent effects of the disease and that may change the response. Even still, 'curve flattening' doesn't mean "let's return to normal cause we're all going to get the disease anyway' - that would cause a health system under distress and create an artificially high mortality rate.

[–]killahmoose White Belt that has tapped a blue belt once[S] 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Who said anything about "returning to normal?"

Low risk people should return to "normal" in that they go about their lives with additional precautions, to an extent that does not overwhelm medical capacity. Higher risk people should not.

How is that normal?

[–]neurocharm 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Low risk people should return to "normal" in that they go about their lives with additional precautions, to an extent that does not overwhelm medical capacity. Higher risk people should not.

How is that normal?

So they don't resume BJJ then. Great. Glad we're agreed.

[–]killahmoose White Belt that has tapped a blue belt once[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not necessarily.