Lt. Gov Dan Patrick wants Grandparents to Sacrifice Lives for the Economy (Howe: tenant, versus)

[LocalPlanner]

Originally Posted by tcualum

THis thread is about COVID-19, not the flu. Stop changing the subject and start another thread about a flu lockdown if you wish to discuss that.

The point he's making is that despite significant known levels of fatalities from flu, the government doesn't undertake mandatory policies to discourage transmission among the general population.

At some point, whether or not there is a vaccine and/or effective treatment for Covid-19, the question of economy vs. illness transmission becomes a legitimate question. I would posit that it becomes legitimate once we're confident that medical facilities and personnel are stabilized, even if the number of fatalities or incapacitation from illness is still quite high.

EDIT: Sorry, I ascribed masculine gender to the other poster, when I don't know that.

[carrcollie]

Originally Posted by DPatel304

It's also about "sacrificing lives for the Economy". Something all of us are in support of (to an extent).

Don't include me in your "us".

We need to get this virus under control before we work on rebuilding our economy.

[DPatel304]

Originally Posted by carrcollie

Don't include me in your "us".

We need to get this virus under control before we work on rebuilding our economy.

Do you support shutting down the economy during flu season? If not, then you are indeed sacrificing lives for the Economy.

[Huckleberry3911948]

Originally Posted by DPatel304

What is your stance on how we should handle the flu? Do we go into lockdown for that too?

Exactly what is happening balance

[As Above So Below...]

Originally Posted by DPatel304

Do you support shutting down the economy during flu season? If not, then you are indeed sacrificing lives for the Economy.

Here’s what you’re not getting: this isn’t a black and white issue. It’s not either or, it’s a complex risk assessment. Otherwise you would have to follow your argument to it’s conclusion:

You’d have to be against driving because people die in car crashes
You'd have to be against flying because planes crash.
You’d have to be against sending your kids to school because they could get shot, molested, sick from other kids, or die on the way there.
You’d have to be against them playing in pools because children often drown.

Here’s the bottom line: we don’t stress about those things because we know how to prevent and/or treat them. The same is true for influenza. We don’t have a clue of how to do either with Coronavirus. One day when we have treatment and a vaccine for Covid 19, we won’t have to stop the economy for it.

Not everything is black and white.

[DPatel304]

Originally Posted by As Above So Below...

Here’s what you’re not getting: this isn’t a black and white issue. It’s not either or, it’s a complex risk assessment. Otherwise you would have to follow your argument to it’s conclusion:

You’d have to be against driving because people die in car crashes
You'd have to be against flying because planes crash.
You’d have to be against sending your kids to school because they could get shot, molested, sick from other kids, or die on the way there.
You’d have to be against them playing in pools because children often drown.

I'm not against anything of those things, and nothing I said would indicate that I am.

Originally Posted by As Above So Below...

Here’s the bottom line: we don’t stress about those things because we know how to prevent and/or treat them. The same is true for influenza. We don’t have a clue of how to do either with Coronavirus. One day when we have treatment and a vaccine for Covid 19, we won’t have to stop the economy for it.

Not everything is black and white.

Agreed. All I am saying is that Patrick Brown is willing to sacrifice lives for the economy. All of us are also willing to sacrifice lives for the economy (to some extent), which is why nobody here is advocating to shut down the economy during flu season. With all of that in mind, it is a bit hypocritical to essentially say 'Dan Patrick is heartless' (I'm paraphrasing some of the comments here) for saying what he said.

[Westerner92]

https://covidactnow.org/

Click on Texas. With no action taken, it’s projected that 600,000 Texans will be needed to hospitalized all at the same time from COVID-19 alone, with around 41,000 hospital beds available.

Look at the parts of Italy where COVID-19 hit before they locked down. Most of the cases that require hospitalization are fatal without hospitalization. It is not unreasonable to say that without lockdown measures, 500,000 Texans could be killed by this within the next three months. In addition to the 500K deaths from COVID-19, the healthcare system collapse results in tons of preventable deaths from otherwise treatable conditions as well.

That is not how the flu works. If you can’t tell the difference between 500K preventable deaths in three months vs. 5-10K deaths over a season, then by all means, feel free to spot me a couple hundred bucks. You might get a couple back, same diff apparently. Go order a few thousand burgers at once at a fast food chain and see what happens. That’s how flawed the “it’s just a flu” logic is.

[DPatel304]

Originally Posted by Westerner92

https://covidactnow.org/

Click on Texas. With no action taken, it’s projected that 600,000 Texans will be needed to hospitalized all at the same time from COVID-19 alone, with around 41,000 hospital beds available.

Look at the parts of Italy where COVID-19 hit before they locked down. Most of the cases that require hospitalization are fatal without hospitalization. It is not unreasonable to say that without lockdown measures, 500,000 Texans could be killed by this within the next three months. In addition to the 500K deaths from COVID-19, the healthcare system collapse results in tons of preventable deaths from otherwise treatable conditions as well.

That is not how the flu works. If you can’t tell the difference between 500K preventable deaths in three months vs. 5-10K deaths over a season, then by all means, feel free to spot me a couple hundred bucks. You might get a couple back, same diff apparently. Go order a few thousand burgers at once at a fast food chain and see what happens.

I can tell the difference. I'm just pointing out that everyone here (including myself), is okay sacrificing 5K-10K deaths every year for the good of the Economy.

[Westerner92]

Originally Posted by DPatel304

I can tell the difference. I'm just pointing out that everyone here (including myself), is okay sacrificing 5K-10K deaths every year for the good of the Economy.

So edgy brah. We still shut down schools and restaurants when local flu outbreaks get bad, and Dan Patrick is still a glorified radio DJ piece of ****, as are his enablers.

[DPatel304]

Originally Posted by Westerner92

We still shut down schools and restaurants when local flu outbreaks get bad,

I wasn't aware of that. Still, I think we can all agree that shutting more things down and shutting them down sooner would reduce the number of deaths.

Originally Posted by Westerner92

and Dan Patrick is still a glorified radio DJ piece of ****, as are his enablers.

I don't know enough about him to have an opinion about him.