[ExI] COVID-19 has now killed more Americans than Chinese

[Darin Sunley]

>...If we choose that route however, the result could be tragic: we risk
having a perfectly good crisis go to waste.

"Mr. Dascombe, what we need right now is a clear message to the people of
the country! This message should be read in every newspaper, heard on every
radio, seen on every television. This message must resound throughout the
ENTIRE INTERLINK! I want this country to realize that we stand on the edge
of oblivion! I want every man, woman, and child to understand how close we
are to chaos! I WANT EVERYONE to remember *WHY THEY NEED US*!"

On Wed, Apr 1, 2020 at 10:34 AM spike jones via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

>
>
>
>
> *From:* extropy-chat <extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org> *On Behalf
> Of *John Clark via extropy-chat
>
> *> **that chart didn’t show why because it wasn’t in per-capita infection
> rates.*
>
>
>
> Speaking of per-capita, we don't know the true number of people in the USA
> that are infected because the USA has done far fewer testing per-capita
> than any other modern industrial nation and started doing them far later,
> even later and fewer than some third world nations. As a result we're
> flying blind, all we have is a lower bound.
>
>
>
>  John K Clark
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Agreed.  Eventually we will be able to estimate it by looking at mortality
> above background.  We don’t know and will not know mortality rates in
> China, but in Europe we will.
>
>
>
> My theory is that we are seeing that infection rates per capita is mostly
> a function of a country’s wealth.  People who have a ton of money spend it
> traveling internationally and domestically, where they catch stuff, then
> bring in home to their poorer brethren.  I am a poorer brethra (well, the
> singular damn well should be brethra (or the plural should be brothers (one
> or the other.)))
>
>
>
> Our world has grown beyond national boundaries.  People with money can go
> anywhere they want.  We are already seeing that contagion follows big
> careless celebrations such as Mardi Gras and Spring break at the beach,
> neither of which the federal government controls.  We can study per capita
> infection rates for those who attended these ill-advised activities if we
> wish.  We can study contagion as a function of lifestyle choices (well,
> imagine that.)  If we choose that route however, the result could be
> tragic: we risk having a perfectly good crisis go to waste.
>
>
>
> spike
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> extropy-chat mailing list
> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org
> http://lists.extropy.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/extropy-chat
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.extropy.org/pipermail/extropy-chat/attachments/20200401/ddee145d/attachment.htm>