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Originally Posted by NoWhErE
Have you already forgotten what happened in Italy? You know... the country where the virus ran rampant because they were caught off guard and then the entire world desperately tried to prepare themselves so as to not have the same thing happen to them.
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The area in Italy that got hit was Lombardy and it had nothing to do with being caught off guard and everything to do with the particulars of that region.
Lombardy has a very old population with lots of 80+ year olds who have smoked all their lives and who live in an area of high pollution. Most of the deaths were in this age category with many having COPD already. Other ares of Italy fared just fine and some even better than average.
I remember everyone being glued to the TV when Lombardy was hit and saying, "that's going to happen to us all!" while dismissing the other doctors saying that this region had special circumstances.
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Originally Posted by NoWhErE
Also, do people REALLY need to start dropping dead in the streets for you to start preventative measures?
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No, but lots of people were saying just that 6 months ago including a few on GFY. I remember the threads well. People were also saying that on social media and in the news.
Now that we are 6 months in nobody (conveniently) remembers saying that at all.
The point is that these people were sure of what they were saying (without evidence) and telling us all that it WAS going to happen, that the rest of us who don't believe it are murderers and will be sorry when the bodies "pile up on the streets."
Here we are 6 months later and they are telling us we still have to lock down hard but have a different story this time, again without evidence. But they are sure of it, and of course we (who don't listen) are still murderers.