Posts Made By: Darian Rachal

Originally Posted by Brian McFarland

That video is absolutely cringe-worthy. For all the comedians around the world, he is the gift who keeps on giving. Who needs comedy writers anymore?

Originally Posted by James Lacey

Rational people would call this definitive, not just suggestive. There is no doubt the social distancing measures are working, and they have not just broad support among the public; they have tremendous support. The steps do have another cost, though. It turns out I was wrong about the 30% furlough at my work-place since it turned out to be 75% myself included. The company is going to pay our health-care premium for two months, so that is one bright spot. Our director says he believes we will be back to work by the 6th of July, but most of us don't think it will happen. For me, it's no big deal, my family and I will be fine, but for a lot of other people, it's a real threat to their well-being. I'm afraid, however, that we will be dealing with the fallout of COVID for at least another 2 to 3 years. Things are not returning to normal anytime soon, and especially not with the response seen so far from our national government.

Originally Posted by Jim Moscheck

Hi Darian, 

Did you see the news conference or the video I posted? How you guys can support this imbecile I can not fathom. He isn't even a conservative. 

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

Darian, they are never going to stop picking every word that he says, and twisting it.  I think you are right that we will most likely be laughing at them, not with them. 

As far as the Dis-infectant comment, I can only say this, one would have to be a complete meathead to take his words literally as if he was saying swallow some Lysol.  

That explains the left and their constant barrage on his terminology.

It is easy, one becomes IN-fected with the virus and so he mentioned DIS-infecting your lungs.  

That's kind of what a drug does, an antibiotic Dis-infects one's internal system by eradicating the invading virus.  

They can jump on his statement all they want. 

Now you were challenged by one of the resident leftists regarding the numbers of dead, close to 50k, if we haven't hit that mark already.  

First of all to criticize that is a lol moment against the person making the criticism because less than a month ago, these experts like the dude from Imperial College, were saying there would 1/4 Million dead in the US because of the virus.

No criticism by him or by the other leftist here about the wildly inaccurate numbers provided by the WHO and their other "experts" on the left, but then leftists really never have any consistency whatsover, they are simply sheep who are mesmerized by their leftist leaders.
  
The only problem with that figure of 50K dead today, is that it is elevated.  

Many Doctors have commented about that, including one of the most Well respected, Stanford University Dr. John Ioannidis who indicated that he sees a problem in that every person who dies WITH the Coronavirus in their system is given a death certificate that they died BECAUSE of the Coronavirus.  

He says that is really not accurate at all, and their total numbers, as in the Denominators have never been accurate.  

It is all guessing games. 

They have Zero consistency in their logic, which kind of goes along with being a leftist though, doesn't it?  

Darian, hope you have a great weekend!  

Originally Posted by James Lacey

Darian,

We are already at 50,000 deaths, and it's not even the end of April. Just a little over a week ago, you said that your intuition was that we would not see more than 40,000 deaths in total. I think this establishes that intuition is not a good predictor. We have seen 50,000 deaths in four months with extreme social distancing and non-pharmaceutical interventions. If you look at the data, if you read Jim's analysis, which is quite good and impressive, there is no doubt that social distancing has worked. It's not speculation, and to say otherwise is in my mind anyway, just willful avoidance of becoming informed since it clashes with your political leanings.

Originally Posted by Greg Shaffer

I was reading some posts for and against reopening the country. One was talking about being selfish and it got me to thinking.

There are those wanting to reopen yet they’re being classified as selfish. There are those that rely on all kinds of people to supply them while they cower in fear at home. Isn’t that being selfish too?

You expect your garbage to be picked up, you expect the grocery store to be open so you can get milk, you expect truck drivers to supply the stores, you expect farmers, meatpackers, fruit and vegetable pickers all to keep food in that grocery store.

You expect Amazon to still ship all the things you’re ordering while you sit at home shopping. You expect the delivery driver to leave it on your doorstep. You expect your phone to work, your power to stay on, and your mail to show up rain, sleet, or shine. And most important, you expect the doctors and nurses to be there if you need them although many of them across the country have been furloughed because their units and services have been shut down while the entire system focuses only on COVID19.

The whole premise of shelter in place is based on the arrogant idea that others must risk their health so you can protect yours. There is nothing virtuous about ignoring the largely invisible army required to allow people to shelter in place.

I dont doubt there are some of you that are screaming mad about what I just said but stop and really think about what is allowing you to stay safe in your home.

I truly believe that with some common sense on my part, I could easily go back to life as it was. I want to go to restaurants, I want to shop at the little store just up the road.

And yes, I could catch COVID-19. I could also catch the flu or a cold. I could get run over by a bus. I could get struck by lightning. We take risks everyday. If you choose to stay home, that is absolutely your choice. And please don’t start screaming at me about how I’ll just spread it. Why are you worried? You won’t get it because you’re staying in your home. Are you going to shelter in place every time a new strand of the flu happens?

Our economy can’t withstand much more of this. If our economy collapses, so will the rest of the world’s. If that happens, you WILL see the rise of tyrants.

I absolutely don’t want people to die...from COVID or anything else. I want people to live.

But sheltering in place is not living.

Originally Posted by Rod Kaufman

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmpPI5fFpQU

Originally Posted by Jim Moscheck

Yes, that's exactly what the president should be doing. Have a daily press briefing and in the middle of decimating accurate information to the American people he's going to prank the media with sarcasm about ingesting disinfectant and sticking UV light up your ass just to see how the media reacts. 

Originally Posted by Rod Kaufman

Actually the model from the WH has been consistently wrong, while another, frequently cited one, as been far more accurate:
"On April 9, Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said the total death toll would likely be far lower than the initial White House estimate. "It looks more like the 60,000 [figure] than the 100,000 to 200,000," he told NBC's TODAY Show. "But having said that, we'd better be careful that we don't say, 'OK, we're doing so well we could pull back.'"
This figure from Fauci is more in line with the widely cited forecast from the University of Washington's Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME). At present, this model suggests that by August 4, there will have been 60,308 coronavirus deaths in the U.S.—with a range of between 34,063 to 140,145. At time of writing, the Johns Hopkins University tracker has recorded 788,000 cases in the U.S., with 42,364 deaths. The IHME model says the country is six days past the peak number of deaths."
The present modeling has been upped to 67.000 deaths at this time but the variables noted in the link obviously affect any assessment:
https://www.newsweek.com/why-covid-19-death-forecasts-are-wrong-1499243

Originally Posted by Rod Kaufman

https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/24/politics/fact-check-trump-disinfectant-sarcastic/index.html