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Ok, but, regardless, it corresponds exactly with the CDC's own assessments. Reopening schools is among one of the highest risk things for spread of the disease:

Ok, but, regardless, it corresponds exactly with the CDC's own assessments. Reopening schools is among one of the highest risk things for spread of the disease: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/10/us/politics/trump-schools-reopening.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/10/us/politics/trump-schools...

mixmastamyk 6y ago
It needs to be spread. Remember "flatten the curve?"
- lostlogin 6y ago
  Does it? I'm in New Zealand.
  - mensetmanusman 6y ago
    True, if NZ cuts off contact with the rest of the world indefinitely, it doesn’t need to spread.
    - lostlogin 6y ago
      Or quarantines at the border for two weeks, which we are doing.
      - mensetmanusman 6y ago
        China found that two weeks is not enough. Some got through.
      - mensetmanusman 6y ago
        Should add, this isn’t an option for most countries that do not have 100% control over their border.
- claudeganon 6y ago
  It doesn’t need to be spread at all. Taiwan, New Zealand, and Vietnam have halted it. If the US had acted with the sanity and foresight of those countries, we wouldn’t even be in this mess.
  - mixmastamyk 6y ago
    Yes, living on a completely isolated island helps immensely. So does a government with extensive experience and dictatorial powers. The rest of us aren't so lucky. Flatten the curve and enjoy the ride.
    - sundaeofshock 6y ago
      There are land-locked democracies (eg Germany) that Seem to have gotten a handle on this. As a country, we have screwed up. The President and his administration dropped the ball and now we all get to suffer for their incompetence. “Flatten the curve and enjoy the ride.” What a callous, heartless, inhuman, and evil thing to say. There is nothing enjoyable about this. Your comment is too glib by half. Might I suggest you enjoy the ride straight to hell?
      - mixmastamyk 6y ago
        I’m sorry reality is difficult. We just finished watching a WWII in color documentary on Netflix last night. ~70 million people perished in a few years. We’ve got it easy. Pleas to emotion and changing the past are not helpful.
- monkpit 6y ago
  I mean, I guess a vertical line is flat too right?

mixmastamyk 6y ago

It needs to be spread. Remember "flatten the curve?"

lostlogin 6y ago
Does it? I'm in New Zealand.
- mensetmanusman 6y ago
  True, if NZ cuts off contact with the rest of the world indefinitely, it doesn’t need to spread.
  - lostlogin 6y ago
    Or quarantines at the border for two weeks, which we are doing.
    - mensetmanusman 6y ago
      China found that two weeks is not enough. Some got through.
    - mensetmanusman 6y ago
      Should add, this isn’t an option for most countries that do not have 100% control over their border.
claudeganon 6y ago
It doesn’t need to be spread at all. Taiwan, New Zealand, and Vietnam have halted it. If the US had acted with the sanity and foresight of those countries, we wouldn’t even be in this mess.
- mixmastamyk 6y ago
  Yes, living on a completely isolated island helps immensely. So does a government with extensive experience and dictatorial powers. The rest of us aren't so lucky. Flatten the curve and enjoy the ride.
  - sundaeofshock 6y ago
    There are land-locked democracies (eg Germany) that Seem to have gotten a handle on this. As a country, we have screwed up. The President and his administration dropped the ball and now we all get to suffer for their incompetence. “Flatten the curve and enjoy the ride.” What a callous, heartless, inhuman, and evil thing to say. There is nothing enjoyable about this. Your comment is too glib by half. Might I suggest you enjoy the ride straight to hell?
    - mixmastamyk 6y ago
      I’m sorry reality is difficult. We just finished watching a WWII in color documentary on Netflix last night. ~70 million people perished in a few years. We’ve got it easy. Pleas to emotion and changing the past are not helpful.
monkpit 6y ago
I mean, I guess a vertical line is flat too right?