Soaring already DOA for the season???

Duster wrote on 3/28/2020 7:19 PM:
A more tempered, but plausible, opinion from the WSJ that’s worth a read:

Is the Coronavirus as Deadly as They Say?
Current estimates about the Covid-19 fatality rate may be too high by orders of magnitude. A universal quarantine may not be worth the costs it imposes on the economy, community and individual mental and physical health. We should undertake immediate steps to evaluate the empirical basis of the current lockdowns.

https://www.wsj.com/amp/articles/is-...ay-11585088464

I live in Washington State. In my area, with four nearby towns totaling about
250,000, we've had 5 covid-19 deaths in just one month. Compare that to four flu
deaths in 5 months (flu season), and while flu infections have been decreasing,
Covid infections are increasing.

Here's the deal for me:
- we don't know if this will have a seasonal decline like the flu does
- we know it is much more infectious with higher mortality
- we don't have a vaccine
- we don't have a treatment
- at 77, I am a member of the high risk group

I totally support our current efforts to restrict social contact, and other
precautions.

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Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA (change ".netto" to ".us" to email me)
- "A Guide to Self-Launching Sailplane Operation"
https://sites.google.com/site/motorg...ad-the-guide-1

On Sunday, March 29, 2020 at 11:32:23 AM UTC-4, Eric Greenwell wrote:
Duster wrote on 3/28/2020 7:19 PM:
A more tempered, but plausible, opinion from the WSJ that’s worth a read:

Is the Coronavirus as Deadly as They Say?
Current estimates about the Covid-19 fatality rate may be too high by orders of magnitude. A universal quarantine may not be worth the costs it imposes on the economy, community and individual mental and physical health. We should undertake immediate steps to evaluate the empirical basis of the current lockdowns.

https://www.wsj.com/amp/articles/is-...ay-11585088464

I live in Washington State. In my area, with four nearby towns totaling about
250,000, we've had 5 covid-19 deaths in just one month. Compare that to four flu
deaths in 5 months (flu season), and while flu infections have been decreasing,
Covid infections are increasing.

Here's the deal for me:
- we don't know if this will have a seasonal decline like the flu does
- we know it is much more infectious with higher mortality
- we don't have a vaccine
- we don't have a treatment
- at 77, I am a member of the high risk group

I totally support our current efforts to restrict social contact, and other
precautions.

--
Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA (change ".netto" to ".us" to email me)
- "A Guide to Self-Launching Sailplane Operation"
https://sites.google.com/site/motorg...ad-the-guide-1

Maybe it would be better to quarantine the high risk population and let everyone else party on. Covidoomers say we are all going to get it anyway, so let the strong get it without stopping the world. And the infirm can come out when all is clear. Or everyone else is dead and they have the planet to themselves.

On 3/29/20 9:10 AM, Eric Greenwell wrote:
kinsell wrote on 3/28/2020 9:27 PM:
On 3/28/20 9:44 PM, Eric Greenwell wrote:
Duster wrote on 3/28/2020 7:19 PM:
A more tempered, but plausible, opinion from the WSJ that’s worth a
read:

Is the Coronavirus as Deadly as They Say?
Current estimates about the Covid-19 fatality rate may be too high
by orders of magnitude. A universal quarantine may not be worth the
costs it imposes on the economy, community and individual mental and
physical health. We should undertake immediate steps to evaluate the
empirical basis of the current lockdowns.

https://www.wsj.com/amp/articles/is-...ay-11585088464


That article is not accessible without paying. Not a good policy for
the newspaper, I think. A few free articles a month could build their
circulation.


Â*Â*Worked for me without a subscription.Â* Clear your cookies or try a
different computer.

I've tried three browsers, clearing everything, but with the same
results. What browser did you use?


I'm on Firefox running on Linux, but there's nothing magical about that.
Frequently hit the "you've reached your free limit" error when trying
to read articles on other subjects, such as Boeing. Usually can boot a
different OS on the same computer to get around that.

Haves and have nots ... what else is new.

On Sunday, March 22, 2020 at 5:42:56 PM UTC-7, Matt Herron Jr. wrote:
Airsailing in NV has closed down, and now Willliams in CA is closed. will contests be cancelled next? Does SSA have a position on this? Are there things we can do to mitigate exposure so we can fly? Inquiring pilots want to know...

Here is the real answer! Russians and Kieth Richards: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWN1...NPlVqnYkfe Ig

:-DÂ* Oh, Jonathan...!

On 3/28/2020 3:54 PM, Jonathan St. Cloud wrote:
One would think we could bribe a better class of governance.

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Dan, 5J

Folks in my neck of the woods have literally thousands of rounds of
ammunition.Â* In California they would be called crazies, and their
hoards, "arsenals".Â* In Arizona or Texas, they'd be called pikers who've
made a nice start, but need more focus and attention to detail.

On 3/28/2020 5:46 PM, Roy B. wrote:
I need my guns to protect my horde of toilet paper
:-)
ROY

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Dan, 5J

I'm not a subscriber to WSJ (so I couldn't read the article), but my
concern throughout all of this is that nowhere have I seen, heard, or
read a plausible reason for these exceptional measures considering the
death tolls from previous epidemics and pandemics such as Bird Flu,
Swine Flu, Ebola, etc.Â* Sure, I'm being hygienic, and not joining public
gatherings, but the death tolls from the above mentioned diseases seem
to be to have been much higher and there was never any sort of panic
like that we're experiencing now.

Please, someone, make some sense of it to me.Â* And giving me panic
speeches about how bad it /could/ be in light of experience with
pandemics of the past 30 years or so won't carry much weight.

On 3/28/2020 8:19 PM, Duster wrote:
A more tempered, but plausible, opinion from the WSJ that’s worth a read:

Is the Coronavirus as Deadly as They Say?
Current estimates about the Covid-19 fatality rate may be too high by orders of magnitude. A universal quarantine may not be worth the costs it imposes on the economy, community and individual mental and physical health. We should undertake immediate steps to evaluate the empirical basis of the current lockdowns.

https://www.wsj.com/amp/articles/is-...ay-11585088464

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Dan, 5J

Dan thats about all your gonna get on here. Most of what I see is “doom-gloom� prognostigation. Irregardless of the serious nature of dealing with this particular strain of virus, folks are definitely Using this “crisis� to push socialist political agendas.
P.s. I’ve got my ammo lol

Nah...Â* The same information is available through multiple sources. Just
look and you'll find it without having to pay for it.

On 3/29/2020 9:21 AM, Roy B. wrote:
Eric:
Many of the news sources (like wsj) give prospective subscribers 3 or 4 free inline articles before they must subscribe or be blocked out. You might be over your limit of free articles. It is intentionally designed to be frustrating - so that you are forced to subscribe.
ROY

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Dan, 5J